There are days when the endless bickering within Christianity can feel like the Longest. Roadtrip. Ever. And everything in me wants to whine, “Are we there yet?” But in truth, we’re not there yet because we’re sinners saved by grace, and sometimes our sin manages to yell a little louder than grace – but we’re all working on it…
— 1 — Can you believe it’s almost Easter already? Maybe it’s a gift that from year to year, I tend to enter this season with only a vague awareness that it’s going to be insanely busy, but with no real memory of what that actually means. Our Good Friday service is exactly 14 days…
Forty days in the desert can be a really long time. We fast from something during Lent for forty days because Jesus fasted forty days in the desert, and every year, our reasons for doing it vary. Some of us fast because it’s just what we do – it’s expected of us, or we always…
We’ve talked about what not to say to your single friends – and knowing what not to say is certainly helpful – but what do we say instead? How do we learn from stories like Sara’s, and create a culture within the church that doesn’t make single people feel like second-class citizens? You’ll notice that…
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a musical production of Camelot. From that moment on, I was absolutely hooked. I read every King Arthur book I could get my hands on. (The Once and Future King is still one of my all-time favorites). I memorized all of the songs from the musical, and wished…
