As I mentioned a few blog entries ago, I have been doing some heavy thinking on Psalm 139 in the context of our Spiritual Formation that I am leading at church on Dallas Willard’s book, The Divine Conspiracy. He doesn’t actually deal with this psalm in the book, but I have taken some [...]
Here is a picture from my little flight yesterday afternoon. This is an overhead picture of our meeting place for Church. The building in the middle with the green roof is our temporary home (right next to the new construction Sr. Center the twp. is building)…
So, I did a wierd thing today. I took a walk. It is such a beautiful day here, so I just grabbed my iPod, a hooded sweatshirt, and started walking…
It is a strange thing for me these days to slow down that much. I seem to be in this phase where I [...]
It was a typical day here…work at Starbucks, getting together with a new friend to talk about the church, flying over the Philly Suburbs in a small plane…what? Flying?! Yeah, that’s what I said!
Man, today was one of those days were it is totally God. The last few days I have been [...]
I have been reading Psalm 139 this week. The more I read it the more I realize how loaded it is. Especially since I have heard this Psalm quoted in many different songs, prayers, etc. since I was a kid I have become pretty numb to its truth. I have been putting [...]
“It has far too long been assumed that church leaders stand above the nitty-gritty of biblical and theological study; they have done all that, we implicitly suppose, before they come to the office, and now they simply have to work out the “implications.” They then find themselves spending countless hours at their desks running [...]
This is a great article on spiritual formation with John Ortberg…Here’s an except that i really liked:
Four or five years ago?it was a very painful time?I was recognizing the kind of fuel I was running on. A lot of my life had been about wanting people to think I’m doing really well. So somebody would [...]
This is a great article on spiritual formation with John Ortberg…Here’s an except that i really liked:
Four or five years ago?it was a very painful time?I was recognizing the kind of fuel I was running on. A lot of my life had been about wanting people to think I’m doing really well. So somebody would [...]
I can’t believe it, but I acutally never read C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia before. I have heard all about it and am so interested in it, but have just never taken the time to actually read it.
So, my wife and I are going to start (and hopefully finish!) reading them together. [...]
The house of my soul is too small for you to enter: make it more spacious by your coming. It lies in ruins: rebuild it. Some things that are to be found there which will offend your gaze; I confess this to be so and know it well. But who will clean [...]
?Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts and instrumentalities of the presence of the kingdom among us. They are societies of Jesus, springing up in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and to the furthest points of the earth (Acts 1:8), as the reality of Christ is brought [...]
Richard Foster says:
“Spiritual directorship is a Christian idea. It means having someone who can read my soul and give me guidance in my walk with Christ. Many churches call it “discipleship.”
Man, that is what I so strongly need..and what I so strongly run away from at the same time. How scary [...]