Church, Sunday Corporate Worship, Thoughts 5
A post from Matt Hoppe: Below are a few quotes concerning worship from people you may or may not recognize. I’m curious about your responses to some of their quotes and was wondering if you had some perspectives or thoughts of your own. “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship […]
A post from Liz Gray: On Monday Simon and I were in Nicaragua. Many people use horses and carts to get around — and as we were strolling down a side street we came across such a vehicle, with its patient but weary looking pony and a brand new fridge loaded on the cart. The […]
I’ve just learned how to knit socks. Lest you be misled, socks aren’t easy to knit. It took me nearly five years of dedicated knitting just to get my stitches even enough to attempt my own socks. But when Grandma was visiting for Christmas, I asked her to teach me, preferring the guidance of a […]
A post from Louise Brooks: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (John 14:27 ESV) The power went out at our house the other night. ZAP! A blink and we […]
A post from Matt Hoppe: “There’s not a plant nor flower below but makes Thy glories known And clouds arise, and tempests blow, by order from Thy throne While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care…” – Isaac Watts As I watched the beautiful snow slowly fall, with Jon Foreman’s song […]
Anglican, Community, Gospel, Sunday Corporate Worship 1
Hello from Plano, Texas! I’m here this week for the annual synod of the Diocese of the Holy Spirit (which is the diocese in which I am “canonically resident”) and then for the Anglican1000 Summit, a meeting of church planters from all across the country. In addition to eating some fantastic Texas chili, I’m having […]
Community, Life Together, Retreats 0
Quiet. Rest. Reflection. Retreat. The words are like music to me; my heart longs for these things, yet I find myself filling my days with activities that seem the very opposite of what I’m longing for. It can be so hard to break out of regular patterns to make space for the things I most […]
A post from Outreach Team member Mary Ann Calhoun: The recent violence against Christians overseas is a vivid reminder that our lives are quite set apart from the risks that some believers face today! What does it mean to help bear this burden of our fellow members of the Body of Christ? Friday night we […]
“We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt…” I watched the speech again this morning. Then, I set it up on the breakfast table so my kids could watch it too. John Ortberg alerted me to a shift that happens in the speech about half-way through. At the 5:20 mark, Dr. King […]
Hey everybody! I am really looking forward to the new series we are starting this weekend. We will be taking 8 weeks on the Beatitudes in Matthew. You know, Blessed are the poor in spirit… Blessed are those who mourn… Blessed are the meek… Author Dallas Willard notes that Jesus was always trying to answer […]
