Jul

Friday Morning Video – Os Guinness

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Jul

Guest Blogger: Joanne Ellison

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Today’s guest blog comes from Joanne Ellison. Joanne is the founder of Joanne Ellison//Drawing Near to God Ministries. She is a popular Bible teacher and speaks regularly at both conferences and churches. She hosts a weekly community Bible study incorporating worship, Word and ministry drawing 250+ men and women from across the spectrum of church [...]

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Jul

Guest Blogger: Phil Ashey

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Guest blogging today is The Rev’d Phil Ashey. Phil is currently the Chief Operating and Development Officer of the American Anglican Council. “OOPS — IT’S ME AGAIN!” I was reading this morning’s lesson from our Daily Office Lectionary, the one in Matthew 26 where in dark Gethsemane Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, even if all [...]

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Jul

Guest Bloggers and an interview with +Todd Hunter

Posted by Steve Published in Guest Bloggers

While I’m away the next month I’ve asked a variety of folk to guest blog. I gave them no parameters other than a request to send along “what’s on their heart” at this point in time. Almost all have written pieces specifically for Treading Grain while others have sent along a work in progress or [...]

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Jul

Happy Birthday!

Posted by Steve Published in Relationships

My eldest son, Aaron, turns 24 today. Hard to believe. He’s celebrating this birthday at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama where he has been for the past month at Officer Field Training School. Here’s a pic of the boy with his Mom on the day he departed. Happy Birthday, son! Looking forward to [...]

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Jul

A Question for Discussion

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Empowered Living

Here’s what’s on my mind as I sail into sumer vacation: What constructive and distinctly Christian offering do I/you/we bring to the emerging cultural conversation? A few weeks ago, after worship, one of our members gave me an article entitled, “Love in the time of hooking up.” The article, descriptive of emerging young adult practice, [...]

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Jul

Imagine . . . An Anglicanism without Bishops

Posted by Steve Published in Leadership

Ok, I know this is borderline blasphemous (or fully so, for some). And, it is far easier to deconstruct than to construct – but on this first day of vacation I wonder why we really need bishops in the church and what it is, exactly, that they do (constructively, anyway), or should do – other [...]

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Jul

Sunday Sermon – “Eyes to See”

Posted by Steve Published in Sermon/Teaching

Great teaching by Jackie Pullinger. Quotes: “When I meet Him I don’t know whether I’m going to fall on my face or whether I’m going to run into His arms . . . I’m torn. I don’t know which. I suppose I’ll know when the time comes whether to prostrate myself in front of the [...]

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Jul

Saturday Ramblings

Posted by Steve Published in Comics, Culture

This made me smile. From the Internet Monk: Ok, first off: Bucky is the smart-aleck cat. Satchel is the intelligent but not world-wise dog. And Rob is their loving but frequently frustrated owner. Get Fuzzy–the best writing in comic strips today. Some of you will say, “I don’t get it.” Read it again. Still don’t [...]

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Jul