Driving home today I spotted some Christmas decorations adorning a house around the corner from mine. Prominently displayed in the set up were three words – Peace, Love, and Joy. As decorations go, I’ll take prominent displays of these words over all the inflatable Santa Clauses on the planet. These words also match up nicely…
Tag: Christianity
Worldly Focus
This photograph fascinates me. In the foreground is a parking meter, a symbol of the power of money in our culture. In the background is a church building, which is supposed to be a symbol of the power spirituality, specifically Christian spirituality, has on our culture. It would be easy to talk about the contrast…
Considering the other
This week I preached on Hebrews 10:19–25. The sermon was ok but, for me, the most compelling section was the last paragraph – so I’ll spend some time unpacking it’s ideas a bit more fully this morning. More and more I’ve been hearing, from Christians near my age and younger, how we don’t need the…
I am weary
To my fellow disciples of Jesus Christ. I am weary. I am weary of being viewed as “suspect” because of the translation of the Bible I read, my ignorance of the latest Christian music, or because I have a mistrust of large-event evangelism. I'm your brother in Christ, and we are called to proclaim the…
Consolation
After the results of the election came in I started noticed a trend in my social media steams. It was a trend which, to be honest, I've come to expect – yet I found it jarring all the same. The trend was this. Among my more conservative friends I began to see remarks like, “Depressed,…
Pastoral Expectations
Today I was out at a party where a member of central was also attending. At one point he joked, “I need to watch what I say, I'm sitting next to my pastor.” This brought forth a cry from the other side of the room, “Pastor's shouldn't judge, they can't judge you, pastors shouldn't judge.”…
