One of the good things to happen during COVID is that I discovered Disney + (I guess everyone did). It has given me a chance to watch some of the Marvel movies over again. I have to confess, I’m a …
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2020 In the Mirror
As I write this blog, we’re not quite sure who will win the presidential election. By the time you read it, you may know. One thing is for certain, though. The many events of the year, whether the …
Before You Vote (and After)
As we sit on the eve of what most believe is the most contentious and, for true disciples of Jesus, difficult election in modern history, I wanted to take a moment to encourage all of us. Given the …
A Better Vision IV- The Third Way
Last week, I wrote about a Christian perspective on life, and how that viewpoint was radically different than that of the world around us. Because the way most of us see the world around us has …
A Better Vision III- An Enchanted World
Last week we talked about how everything has changed for us in terms of how we see the world, how the modern lens that we’ve developed as westerners over the past 500 years gives us a very different …
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A Better Vision II- Living Within A Secular Age
Last week, I wrote about a biblical perspective or worldview, and how, as followers of Jesus, we’re called not only into relationship with Christ, but into transformation, that our very minds would be …
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A Better Vision
Over the past few days, the world has seemed even stranger and more foreign than usual. Bitter exchanges over the appointment of a new Supreme Court nominee have reached fever pitch. Whether or not …
The Liturgy of Love
Of all the things cancelled by COVID and its impact on culture, if I’m honest, one of the things I was most concerned about losing was college football. I love college football. One of our favorite …
The Fourth Parable
Three parables of Jesus have haunted me. I’ve read the Bible multiple times, and each time I read it I’m confounded by these three. They are all about the same thing, and they couldn’t be more …
Love Lavishly, Part II
For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to …
Love Lavishly
Love is perhaps the most overused word in the English language, the most powerful force in the universe, our most desperate need, and yet the quality the world needs most right now. Our theme this …
The Empty Tree
I have an empty tree. For 20 years, every first day of school at Grace, we would line our crew of three little girls in front of the “back-to-school tree,” a crepe myrtle in our backyard that …