My friend and colleague Dr. Pete Sanchez invited me this past weekend to give a handful of talks to our New Life Worship department at their fall retreat in lovely…
One of the things I love most about Christian faith is the notion that God is both utterly transcendent and, precisely by that fact, utterly imminent. That is, he is…
Now that the dust has settled on a weekend in which we witnessed a truly memorable royal wedding and, with it, a perhaps still more memorable wedding homily by one…
I’ve been doing a bit of reading lately for a possible doctoral research project having to do with the faith and practice of the early church. As such, my Amazon…
(This is a post probably most relevant to those who preach and teach in the church, but I think it likely that others will benefit as well.) I'm often asked…
For all of the buildup to Easter in our churches, one of the curious things I have always noticed about the Gospels is how little they actually say about the…
Ash Wednesday For the believer: Death has been transformed; from an enemy to a friend who helps us on the road to life Christ has conquered and converted our…
I have a very complex (and often stormy!) emotional life. Laughter, tears, and deep longing... all of that can happen in the first 15 minutes of my day. It can…
What is the role of solitude and silence in our efforts to follow the living Christ who leads us by his Spirit into the future the Father dreams for us?…
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