SPIRITUAL FORMATION Addiction to Outrage and the Christian Response May 11, 2017 0 Comment We are outraged by everything. Whether it’s Obama, Trump, or the dentist who shot Cecil the lion, we have become …
PASTORAL MINISTRY The Practice of Corporate Creeds May 10, 2017 0 Comment I’ve been reading a book by Luke Timothy Johnson (Candler School of Theology) titled The Creed: What Christians Believe and …
FAMILY How to Take On the Tough Questions as Parents May 08, 2017 0 Comment “Mom? Tell me again, about how I was a baby.” Charlie is asking me one of his favorite questions. He …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Making Space for Pain and Hurt on Mother’s Day May 04, 2017 0 Comment Mother’s Day is among the top four highest attended Sunday church services of the year. Many mothers and grandmothers long …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Embracing Exile and Our Call to Love Our Enemies May 03, 2017 0 Comment This post is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of Scott Daniels’s new church-wide study, Embracing Exile: Living Faithfully as God’s …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION 5 Christian Practices to Enrich Your Spiritual Life May 07, 2018 0 Comment “To be a Christian is to be a traveller. We are on a journey through the inward space of the …
FAMILY What I Saw at 40,000 Feet November 19, 2018 0 Comment Our plane backed from the jet way and taxied along the tarmac, loud and insistent. I looked over at my …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Faithful Discipleship: Imitating Jesus’s Process of Disciple-Making June 25, 2019 0 Comment The words Jesus said when he called his first disciples were, “Follow Me” (Matt. 4:19). Even now he utters these …
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY Lenten Postcards: Scripture Art Journal for Kids February 06, 2020 0 Comment As Lent approaches, faith communities are preparing for the 40-day journey to the cross. This year’s resource, Lenten Postcards, includes …
PASTORAL MINISTRY The Church Under Stress August 13, 2020 0 Comment You could hardly devise a plot more complicated than the one facing the church of Jesus Christ across the globe. …