Constancy and persistence in ministry (Reaching toward community #002)
In my first post in this series, I explored my own identity as a preacher’s kid – and the challenge this represented in terms of […]
In my first post in this series, I explored my own identity as a preacher’s kid – and the challenge this represented in terms of […]
I’ve just finished reading a lovely book by Rod Dreher entitled The Little way of Ruthie Leming. It tells the story of his sister’s struggle with […]
Quid pro quo. You do something for me and I’ll do something for you. It’s an eminently reasonable formula, and I’d like to propose just […]
Doubt corresponds with distance. To feel in our hearts and minds and bodies that God is removed from us, is equal to an experience of doubt. […]
I almost didn’t get to Easter Morning Prayer, which I happened to be leading. I stepped out the front door of my house at 6:15 […]
In his John for Everyone (Part II), Tom Wright reflects on the foot washing practices of the modern church. He asks why it is so […]
Billy Bragg is in the midst of an album launch – the tunes of the new album Tooth and Nail were available, up until yesterday, […]
I was reading in the health section of London’s Daily Telegraph, and noticed something interesting. Among the top 5 “most viewed for today,” was an […]
At the Musée des beaux-arts the other day, visiting the exhibition on Peruvian art and culture, I was intrigued with this 18th century (Cuzco School) […]
I spent a couple of hours at the Musée des Beaux-Arts today, taking in the exhibit: Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon. The exhibit traces […]
O God of life and creation, we realize that we live in a world of appearances. So much is merely skin deep. So much crosses […]