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Half the world now lives in cities. And the gospel has the power to bring unprecedented renewal. God’s Spirit is already on the move spreading Christ’s glory in major urban centers. What will be next for our generation? That is a quote from a conference Monica and I are going to in Chicago this April. ...
Supporting Us and A New Website
Monica and I have recently returned from a trip down the East Coast. We drove to Philly where we stayed with our friend Paul and then drove the next day to Richmond for a few bridal showers and a wedding of one of Monica’s friends. After that we made our way further south to my ...
12 Cities 12 Conversations – Boston
Panelists Derek Webb, Jena Lee Nardella, Os Guinness, Sara Groves, Dan Cho and Gordon Hugenberger. Last night Monica and I joined 400 other Bostonians for a conversation on the impact of Christians upon our culture. The evening was called 12 Cities 12 Conversations and is part of…you guessed it….12 conversations happening all over the US ...
Calling vs Potential
“Everything in Paul’s letter [to the Ephesians] is designed to keep God’s calling (chapters 1-3) and our walking (chapters 4-6) in equilibrium. We cannot measure ourselves by examining ourselves in terms of ourselves, by evaluating ourselves against a non-relational abstraction such as ‘human potential’. Now can we abstract God into an impersonal ‘truth’ set apart ...
Worship – Practice Resurrection
“One of the common dismissals of worship is that it is, well, so common. It is boring, nothing happens – ‘I don’t get anything out of it.’ And so well-meaning people decide to put adrenaline in it.” -Peterson, Practice Resurrection, page 37. Love it!
Practice Resurrection
Mark and I are reading Practice Resurrection by Eugene Peterson right now and I am LOVING IT. Peterson is not only extremely insightful, but he is so quotable. So what follows over the next few weeks will be quotes from his book as I am reading it. Enjoy!
What Do You Do All Week?
I have always tried to make this blog my blog. This includes crazy videos from my family like the ones below, thoughts on the music I am listening to, and thoughts about the church. Because, let’s be honest: the church takes up a lot of my thinking time (sometimes too much as Monica can attest!). ...
Being Visual
I have always struggled with sermon preparation because I felt like the traditional outline was too constricting. I never felt like it gave me the space to back up and have a bird’s eye view of where I was going. And it always held back the created process. So this time I started my outline ...
