Morality Musings
Blog Walk Good is a blog written by Josh Fults. Josh is a minister and public speaker; he is also a counsellor with masters degrees […]
Life
Heavy Hearted Holidays
I enter this season heavy hearted. As I write the weather is cooling, the leaves turning, falling. This year I feel sadness and anger. A dear friend died and I can’t think of a good reason for it.
Historical Morsels
The second volume of Profiles in Mission is a smorgasbord of historical morsels picked from the history of the Atlantic Mission Society and its predecessors.
A Day in the Life
Overnight, the temperature had plummeted to far below freezing. Our shallow end of the lake must have frozen in an instant. I imagined it happening almost cartoon- like, perhaps to the sound of a single chime from a tinkle bell.
On Boundaries
When we are empty, there is nothing to give. Sometimes, from that empty state, we give anyway. This can lead to renewed energy in the short term: It’s refreshing to take our eyes off ourselves. After all, isn’t our purpose to serve?
Cowboys, Confessions and Incarceration
Confessions The world is changing quickly. But so is confession. If you are or know a good-quality Catholic who has some unforgiven sin guilting his […]
Personal Conversations
While worship has a ritual and a tone, both of which are always under discussion, there is a hidden element we rarely talk about.
A Journey to Justice
The young people looked at me and asked, “Moksanim (pastor), what good is the gospel if all it offers is life after death and does nothing to help us with this life, here and now?” I had no answer for them.
When Peace Broke Out
A young German soldier climbs out of the trenches with a flag of truce and walks right into the gun sights of the other side. Soon men from both sides put down their weapons and walk into No Man’s Land as peace breaks out in the midst of war.
Food For Thought
Article Back in March, I read a fantastic little article in the Huffington Post entitled: What if the Kids Don’t Want Our Church? In short, […]
A Great Mystery
Malcolm Muggeridge said he believed in prayer but didn’t understand how it worked. That’s about where I am on the subject.
The Church of the Bonsai
It struck me as I stood staring at one 90-year-old fruitless bonsai that perhaps many of our churches were very similar.
The World I Live In
This is a snapshot of the world you live in. Personal, global, environmental, social. It’s a confused and complicated mixture of interests.
Standing in Shadows
As I walked through the echoing sanctuary of St. Giles Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, I tried to imagine the riot.
Negative Theology
Christianity is not: “a culture-religion … a religion of the book … a doctrine … a system of morality” nor is it “the church” or “the truth.” Then what is Christianity?
A Day in the Life
Not all of our days are like this. But for me, this specimen day in some way captures the very essence of what it means to live here. That’s why I call it a specimen day, an extraordinary sample day that speaks its essence into the everyday.
Lazy September Surfing
Movie It’s called Rapture-Palooza. This is exactly what it sounds like. Since the Scofield Bible came out in 1909 supporting John Darby’s understanding of a […]
One Who Never Feared
It seemed like John Knox’s life was never to be one of peace and safety. It’s no wonder so many of his portraits and statues depict a fierce man, his beard nearly bristling with passion.
A Requiem for Squirrel?
It was a sad day. It snowed the night before, a skiff of the fresh stuff dusting everything. In a grove of large white spruce trees, right at the base of one of them, there was a small patch of fresh blood.
Speechless Service
A year and a half ago I woke up on a Sunday morning and literally couldn’t speak. I’m a preacher. This was a problem.