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 […]
Restoring the Proper Place of Mystery
Restoring the Proper Place of Mystery I always look forward to dinner with my family. Aside from a great meal, the topics of our conversations can range anywhere from the introspective to the ridiculous. Dinner is never dull. Last week, I stumbled upon a website that discussed the differences in […]
Crossing the Event Horizon
Crossing the Event Horizon “No individual is an absolute terminal of the love of Jesus. He reaches through us toward others. Indeed he is not satisfied with us until he has made us eager to reach out and help others as he himself is to reach them.” Frank Laubach, You […]
Carpe Momentum
Carpe Momentum Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All […]
Into Unlikely Community
Into Unlikely Community While living in DC, I’ve felt led to spend some time getting to know the locals. Part of this has involved volunteering at a facility that provides critical medical treatment to homeless men. I try to get over there at least once a week to serve dinner, […]
Simply Doing What We Know
Simply Doing What We Know In the beginning, Christianity was a very simple faith. But over the centuries Christians have made it unnecessarily complicated. This complexity grew out of a predictable pattern. In the first two or three centuries, the church found it necessary to argue against false teaching to […]