A quote from Sunday bible study – “None of your faith is in your faith.”… Continue reading

Reading through Romans 5 in preparation for Bible Study last evening, I came to a personal conclusion I sense grows from the text. We who follow God the way Jesus shows us and the Spirit empowers us should increasingly move from a position of pessimism toward hopeful optimism. Pop-eschatology … Continue reading

Wednesday we were invited to preview a documentary to be released locally on November 5 titled, “Beyond the Gates of Splendor.” Everytribe Entertainment produced the peice chronicling the story of five missionary families in Ecuador in the early to mid 1950’s.

I found the moving inspiring. It … Continue reading

From my weekly e-mail sent out yesterday …

What a cool morning! The temperature on the car thermometer read 45 degrees at about 5:15 a.m. The stars still shone very brightly at that early hour. The air had a clean feel. Mornings are not to be missed. Last night … Continue reading

Christianbooks.com interviewed Brian McLaren about his book, “A Generous Orthodoxy.” Often misunderstood and very generous himself, Brian describes the what and why of the book.

Thanks to Stephen Shields for passing this along.… Continue reading