Shedding light on our shallow thinking about life with God, Frederica Mathewes-Green offers an accessible “little book” full of wisdom from ancient travelers of the way of Jesus. Setting the course toward “theosis” Frederica offers some thoughts that would surely intrigue any reader who has thought reflectively about the oft experienced inconsistencies in us all. [...]
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David helped me relocate my blog and give it many of the features you will find here at “The Edge of the Inside.” I met David in Greensboro last year. Since then we have kept up in a variety of ways – mostly via great technology. He wrote a piece of the Baptist General Convention [...]
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Paul and I have a running joke with Ed Stetzer who reads my blog – not so much. In the past we have written about the increase in blog hits if we name certain folks. Ed is one of them. Since some may not know he is now blogging, my intent is to direct those [...]
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Nathan B. took this photo while in the Bahamas for a wedding.
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Saturday evening we took the kids out to celebrate Kimberly and Craig’s “3 Year Wedding Anniversary” which was Monday evening. Talk about hard to believe! We shared a fun dinner at Zio’s and then a trip downtown for “Shakespeare in the Park” and their version of “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
Patty and some friends took in “A [...]
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Baker’s Dozen. Mythical unlucky “#13.” Traditionally the beginning of adolescence. No 13th floor in hotels. Prime number.
Today we celebrated 13 years at Snow Hill. Our church honored us with a surprise meal, a gift and a great reminder of the value of relationships. Quite a number of folks wrote us notes of appreciation and affection. [...]
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Shaping worship or being shaped by worship …
Imaginative work means both shaping and being shaped. Creating a bulldozer with Play-Doh requires the imagination to shape the pliable material. Once the piece is complete it shapes the the one who created the work. Thinking about the heavy piece of equipment the image replicates also reminds us of this truth. Coming off the assembly [...]
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