Monthly Archives: February 2006

No “Fat Tuesday” for these … they will always be with you …

The last Monday evening of each month you will find a group of young people serving. When it is very hot and when it is very cold they will be there. On the "Fat Tuesday Eve" they served. One of the men who helps coordinate our effort to feed ...

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We reap what we sow … Grey’s Anatomy, the CP and the SBC …

If you have read for long you may know one of my favorite televisions series is Grey's Anatomy. Some may find this odd for a pastor. Since the early days of this show I have been intrigued at the ways in which contemporary culture has been portrayed, critiqued and at the same time uneasily ...

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Humility … Prayers to keep us connecting to the humility of Jesus …

Bob Hyatt wrote this pieceafter reading the Liturgy of Humility. (Thanks to Tommie for the pic.) Prayer for Humility From the desire to be esteemed, Deliver us, Jesus.

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Competing narratives … Dino does us a favor …

Life is contextual. We often speak as though we possess a great deal of objectivity. Occasionally we state the obvious influences in an attempt to work ourselves out of the subjective and into the objective. From our perceived position of objectivity we can make grand assertions as though we speak to some one about some ...

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Ascol posts, a battle ensues and IMonk (a.k.a. Michael Spencer) talks of contentions …

Last week Tom Ascol posted asking "What kind of person would make a good president of the SBC?" In the process a battle of sorts took place in the comment section. I do not recall ever seeing a blog post with nearly 300 comments (by the time you read this, there could be more ...

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