The Dangerous World of Analog Parents with Digital Teens From Al Mohler: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times gave front-page attention to the problem of adolescent bullying on the Internet. There can be no question that the Internet and the explosion of social media have facilitated the arrival of a new and deeply sinister [...]

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This past Wednesday evening Bp. Guernsey was at SAMP to ordain Todd Simonis as a deacon.  It was a glorious night.  Here’s the excellent sermon preached by the good bishop: Sermon at the Ordination of Todd Simonis from St. Andrew's Church on Vimeo.

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I love this video, for many reasons.  Two in particular: I’m impressed with the comportment and articulation demonstrated by one of our high school students (we’re blessed to have a number of faithful and articulate high schoolers – here’s another Sarah). I also love the shift in normative technology: notice, no paper with written notes [...]

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I am always amazed at the number of exceptionally gifted people in the church who are willing to offer themselves as candidates for Vestry service.  Much is expected of our Vestry candidates: they must be in a LifeGroup, they must tithe, they must be involved in some area of service back to the body, they [...]

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Why Christians Go Postal Over Facebook, Jay-Z, Yoga, Avatar and Culture in General From Mark Driscoll: The big idea of my Post blog was that Facebook doesn’t cause adultery, people do. Calling for a boycott of Facebook is not the answer because the issue is the heart. Even if someone doesn’t commit adultery because of Facebook, [...]

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Tonight is a very good night in the life of St. Andrew’s – Todd Simonis will be ordained as a Deacon.  Bishop John Guernsey, in town with his wife, Meg, will be the ordaining Bishop.  The St. Andrew’s City Church team will be hosting a reception immediately after the service in Sams Hall. Todd joined [...]

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Ever wonder what it was like to be on the receiving end of a miracle?  One of my favorite stories in the Bible was of Jesus healing the man born blind in John 9.  Tim Challies recently wrote a little reflection on this passage and I commend it to you: You have seen him.” What [...]

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My goal every year is to read one book a week.  Once in a while I actually hit 52 books, most years, like this one, I don’t.  Actually, I didn’t come close this year checking in at 32 books read, not counting the Bible – which I think ought to be read in its entirety [...]

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Olivia from St. Andrew's Church on Vimeo.

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The Double Reach of Self Righteousness Listen: self-righteousness is no respecter of persons. It reaches to the religious and the irreligious; the “buttoned down” and the “untucked.” The entire Bible reveals how shortsighted all of us are when it comes to our own sin. For example, it was easy for Jonah to see the idolatry [...]

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