Hide and Seek You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13) The other day I saw Jesus in the cellophane wrapped around my loaf of bread. Not His face or anything like that, but I saw Him in the shape of a heart. I was reminded […]
“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 […]
One of the core values that shapes everything we do here at Restoration is this: The Gospel calls us to lives of coherence and responsibility. Coherence means that we are to be the same people 7 days a week. It means that following Jesus as our leader and forgiver infuses every dimension of our life. […]
Boredom is Extinct I think this expresses well the challenge we face to create space to listen to the Holy Spirit. I was struck by that question at the end: Remember daydreams? I don’t want to so crowd out the air-space in my head that my mind never gets to wander or my soul never […]
As part of a series called “Anglican Insights” orchestrated by the ADV, Os Guinness spoke in TFC’s Historic Church last Tuesday evening. Arriving a bit late, I sat in the back row, thinking this strategic – I could leave early if it got too boring without incurring any disapproving looks. But the lecture was far […]
I’m very sad this morning about this. My first response: ‘Are you kidding, me?’ Not because he is a particularly great guy or because he is a ‘Christian’. I don’t know him. And I’m enough out of the loop that I wouldn’t even recognize him on the street. I’m just sad and frustrated that another […]
If you want to read ahead for Sunday and then small group, take a look at these links. Reviewing a new biography of E. M. Forster Time to throw out virginity and tactical nukes Girls, hooking up, Taylor Swift, Glee, and true love porn, devastation, it’s as bad as you think And while you’re at […]
Restoration is taking the post-Easter, ‘getting ready for Pentecost’ season to study, explore, and engage the person of the Holy Spirit. In order to provide a benchmark and introduction, I talked about what life WITHOUT the Spirit is like. Here are my thoughts on what it means to be Spiritually Dead. (BTW, special thanks to […]
Community, Culture, Outreach 5
In late October, Restoration members Liz Gray and Christine Jones, along with The Falls Church member Suby Wildman, traveled to the Thai-Burma border to teach and build relationships with a group of young Karen teachers-in-training. (The Karen are a people group that has been persecuted by the Burmese government.) The following report from Liz gives […]
I watched 2 movies this week as part of my preparation for the next sermons on marriage. As a pastor, I watch movies like a coach watches film of the opposing team. What are the strengths of the argument? Where does it fail to answer the most pressing questions of humanity? How does the film […]
