Dear Friends, During her engagement two years ago, with a new chapter in her life beginning, Ann Welch Collins told me that her retirement would not be far behind. This past week Ann handed me the unwanted but expected letter informing me the time had come and that she would be retiring at the end [...]
Children Don’t Learn They Matter to God from the Bible. They Learn it from You Yesterday, Matthew Perryman Jones sent out a tweet saying there was a princess party in his living room. You could tell the tweet went out from a moment of pure delight. And earlier yesterday morning, I read a quote from [...]
I found this in my sermon prep last week. And, while I did not use it, it is too good not to pass along. It was written by George D. Watson, a Wesleyan minister who ministered in the early 20th century. If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his [...]
This past Wednesday Todd, Daron and I were in a little planning session and the topic of discussion revolved around being a “normal” Christian (and whatever that means). In the middle of our conversation Daron breaks out this video. We cried for a half an hour. My favorite part is at the 42-43 second mark [...]
Chilean Miners’ Jesus T-Shirts Wes Little, a CNN editor/producer in Atlanta, wondered why the miners were wearing the T-shirt over their coveralls. He noticed a logo on the T-shirt’s left sleeve for the Jesus Film Project. Here’s what he found . . . Chinese Christians Barred from Lausanne Conference One of my friends, a Chinese Christian leader [...]
Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou has brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory. Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low [...]
The following is the second of a two-part article addressing the negative cultural consequences of the silence of the Church, and by entension, Christians regarding questions with which the culture wrestles. It touches upon many of the issues we are wrestling within the leadership at St. Andrew’s and referentially touches upon our rationale to plant [...]
