While my own posting has been slow of late, I have enjoyed a handful of posts shared by others that I thought I would pass along. Enjoy! Scot McKnight on spiritual eroticism at Out of Ur Christine Scheller shares vulnerably about Gabriel’s death at Christianity Today Kingdom Grace on Twittering the gospel Scot McKnight on… Continue reading A few good reads
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Midday text messages from Doug…
From Aaron: I have to tell you something. What Zaccheus threw on the floor was blood money. From Mercy: You mean Judas? From Aaron: Yeah, Judas. It was blood money.
What do you say the Good News is?
JR Woodward invited me to contribute to his “Good News” series, and my post went up today. You can check out the whole series here. How would you define the Good News in five hundred words? An exercise worth thinking about…
Connected
This headline caught my eye this morning: South Africans head to the polls tomorrow in the fourth elections since the end of apartheid in 1994. More than 23 million people have registered to vote in what is being billed as one of most important elections in the country’s history. I visited South Africa in the… Continue reading Connected
Good news?
I was invited to participate in a blog series hosted by L.A. friend, JR Woodward, exploring how people would describe the gospel, the “good news”, in their given context. My entry will post next week. JR writes this about the series: In this blog series each of the contributors will be summarizing their understanding of… Continue reading Good news?
A room with a view
“Row or Die!” These were the words Doug read from the side of a building outside my window. Not the most tactful message to have outside of a hospital room, however the view of the lake and the bridge and even the appearance of some sunshine was quite cheerful. Yes, the sun is now an… Continue reading A room with a view
Stained, fragile, beautiful
Good Friday
We were in the car earlier when I started to sing: “This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made…” This song had been repeated so much in our house the last few weeks as the kids geared up to sing it in church on Palm… Continue reading Good Friday
From John Weborg
“Colossal evil is unprepared for an encounter with colossal grace. Such evil is caught off guard when grace dares it to do its worst (Colossians 2:14-15). When grace is too good to be true, it becomes the ground of its own dismissal. Yet grace won’t go away. It reaches beyond itself, as was the case… Continue reading From John Weborg
Some of Elijah’s observational skills
Sunday after worship, the big kids decided to walk back to my parents’ house with “Grammy and Pop-Pop” so I headed out to the van with only Elijah. I had the diaper bag backpack, my purse, a folder that held my teaching notes, and the stainless travel coffee mug that is my faithful companion most… Continue reading Some of Elijah’s observational skills