Category: Meditation

“In the first place, I ask that men make no reference to my name; let them call themselves Christians, not Lutherans. What is Luther? After all the teaching is not mine [John 7:16]. Neither was I crucified for anyone. St. Paul, in 1 Corinthians 3[:22], would not allow the Christians to call themselves Pauline or…

“There are plenty of reasons to criticize the Church. Too often the Church has been the reason people have turned their backs on God, thinking that the Christian faith has nothing to offer them. This state of affairs is sadly true. It’s also true, however, that when the Church opens its doors to the poor…

Evangelism Plus: John Stott reflects on where we’ve been and where we’re going If this is the face of Evangelicalism then I rejoice … here are some parts I felt were necessary for us to hear: “An evangelical is a plain, ordinary Christian. We stand in the mainstream of historic, orthodox, biblical Christianity. So we…

[40 days Video] (HT: The Blind Begger) Slide 13 and 14 drew me in deeper tonight. I’ve always liked this presentation it connects with humor and humanity. After an extremely tiring weekend thus far with so much of travel (i.e. to Ipoh and back last night), and facilitating the children and youth Christian education symposium…

“The Desert Fathers and Mothers proclaimed a different set of values, where change occurs through silence and not war; where inaction may be the most powerful source of action; and where productivity may be measured by obscurity, even invisibility.” – John Chryssavgis, In the Heart of the Desert (HT: Chris Erdman) Timely words for me…

Thanks Bob Brow for this piece. I sure miss our email exchanges 🙂 ____________________________________________________________________ “How can you say God smiles when there is not one reference to smiling in the Bible? And yet smiling seems to be an essential characteristic of genuine Christian faith. Obviously some kinds of smiling are not compatible with the love…

“Humor, is in fact, the prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer.” – Reinhold Niebuhr, Humor and Faith, 111

“Truth is an eternal conversation about things that matter, conducted with passion and discipline” – Parker Palmer

Thanks Stephen Shield for this great quote. “Here is what I think God is saying to each of us, ‘Abandon your plans of escape. And Be where you are. ‘”– Kyle Lake (1972 – 2005) Kyle was electrocuted while conducting a baptism last year.

“My subject is the theology of sleep. It is an unusual subject, but I make no apology for it. I think we hear too few sermons about sleep. After all, we spend a very large share of our lives sleeping. I suppose that on an average I’ve slept for eight hours out of twenty-four during…