Every blog is allowed two (2) “It’s been really busy lately, but I’m still here and will post soon” posts. This is my first one for this year. I’ll take this opportunity to survey. What topics would you like to read about? Below are some of the category tags from my posts over the past [...]
Archive > July 2007
In Common
Every weekend, millions of people join the social phenomenon known as “going to church.” I am one of those millions. Each week, I attend church as part of a ritual that was established since I was painting diapers in the infant section of the church nursery. It is in my blood and my psyche. However, [...]
Quote of the Moment
“Sometimes, even we who decry the health-and-wealth gospel forget that the Christian life was never meant to be a cakewalk, that discipleship requires suffering, and that spiritual victory presupposes struggle.” – Stan Guthrie From an excellent article called “Stumbling After Jesus,” at Christianity Today’s website. If you enjoy the article, Stan has a terrific blog. [...]
Red, Yellow, Black, and White
Michael Reddish has again inspired me to reflect on a topic from his blog. Michael and a few committed friends have started a church in downtown Nashville called Emmaus Church. He is asking the question of whether or not the church has a racial segregation problem, and how to fix it. The point of this [...]
Quote of the Moment
“We didn’t feel the nature of the atonement was one of those things you could agree to disagree over.” – Pod Bhogal Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) What Pod is really saying is this: people couldn’t possibly view the atonement in any other way than the way HE and his group sees it. It [...]
Breath of God, Word of God
Do you remember the song from Sunday School about the story of Zacchaeus? It went something like this… Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he He climbed up in the sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see What would it do to your faith to find out [...]
Jason Barmer
