An Open Letter to My Latin-Curious Daughter Dear Julia, Let me start out this letter by telling you that I love you very much. I could never love you more than I do and there’s nothing you could do that cause me to love you less. Sure, there were moments […]
Unity
Unity A great thing about being Generation-X is the kinds of movies we grew up with. In my humble opinion, the 1980’s was a peak era for cinema. But while the rest of the world ooh’d and ahh’d at films like E.T. and Gandhi, there was a another move that […]
Why We Gather: Part III
Why We Gather: Part III Over the last two posts, we’ve discovered why the church gathers. In Part I, we examined several prototypical models of the Christian gathering. In Part II, we zoomed into the New Testament to examine common themes important to the assembly in the first century. Putting […]
Why We Gather: Part II
Why We Gather: Part II Welcome to the second in a series of articles written to explore and uncover the purpose of the Christian gathering. In the previous article, we started by exploring four prototypical forms of the church—the Trinity, human social design, the Synagogue, and the Greek legislative assemblies. […]
Why We Gather: Part I
Why We Gather: Part I This season of searching has got me thinking a lot about church gatherings. I’m not talking about gift exchanges, pot lucks, and singing Christmas Trees. I’m talking about the regular gathering of the church. As Christians, we’re reminded to “go to church”. But have you […]
Lessons in Community
Lessons in Community The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and […]