Thursday morning I received a phone call at 5:10am from my dad. Being that my dad lives in Chicago it meant that he was calling me at 4:10am. That’s never a good phone call. It wasn’t. He was calling me to tell me that my grandmother had passed away 20 minutes earlier. Thankfully, I had been in Chicago earlier in the week and was able talk with her and our family was able to have a special time together on Sunday evening. That made it easier but the news was still deeply painful. I grew up with my Grandma Longenecker. She’s been a very important and steadying influence in my life. I know for a fact that she prayed for me everyday. I know because...Read More →
Archive for September, 2009
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September 26, 2009
I Still Haven’t Found What I am Looking For – Reflections on U2 at Giants Stadium
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September 6, 2009
Broken Eikons, Being Made New
We are made in God’s image. As eikons of God our role in this world is to point others to what God is like. This is our role in this world individually. This is our role in this world communally. “That’s community, a fellowship of little people who together make God visible in the world.” ? – Henri Nouwen One thing I think is important to get in this is the individual and unique nature of you being an image. One of the truths that has changed my life more than anything in recent years is for me to understand that who I am and have been created to be is good. In fact, its very good. I can’t tell you how freeing it is...Read More →
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September 2, 2009
On Being Sub-Contextual
Sub-contextual. I am pretty sure I just made that word up. I may have stolen it from someone smarter, but I don’t remember doing so, so I am claiming it as my own. But, I think that’s the best way to describe our church, The Well. You see, we are a church in the heart of suburbia and, well, we aren’t very contextual for this culture. We’re not really very refined. We meet in an ugly warehouse (at least on the outside). We don’t cater to consumer mentality very well (we somehow miss the church-shopper circuit in Bucks County). We don’t have a super polished worship service (though it is awesome) and we certainly don’t have slick bulletins. You see, people who find a home...Read More →
