Apprentice 2 Jesus

Church

  • The painful purifying of the American Church

    I love John Crist’s videos. News of years of sexual harassment and misconduct broke earlier this week. Yet another failure. Read more

  • All Saints Day

    All Saint’s Day – November 1st Today (October 31st) is “All Hallow’s Eve”, Tomorrow, “All Hallow’s Day”, (hallows = saints) or Hallowmas (mas= Mass), or better known as “All Saint’s Day”, and Saturday will be “All Soul’s Day”! Read more

  • Being validated in our lostness

    A head scratching parable for me is found in Luke 16. It is the parable of the “shrewd manager”. It’s such an odd passage that most commentaries will simply state it’s an odd passage and difficult to interpret. Read more

  • The community of Christ is being built

    17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give… Read more

  • The way forward is repentance not just policy changes

    Willow Creek has had scandal hit it in the last several months. The way forward is repentance, which does not seem to be happening very well. Read more

  • The cultural status of our Christianity

    I am taking a bit of a break from my normal daily lectionary reading and going back to something I have enjoyed my adult life walking with Christ. It is to walk slowly through a book of the Bible and pray. I like walking through a book of the Bible and study, pray, think devotionally,… Read more

  • Spiritual formation in the public life

    “Evangelicals have often been presented with a false choice about our role in public life. We either completely withdraw from trying to influence things, or we initiate ‘takeover’ programs. There is an alternative pattern, thought, one that I believe is mandated by Scripture: in the present time, where the fullness of Christ’s kingdom is not… Read more

  • The blindness of the American Church

    33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is… Read more

  • Deep faith

    A couple of articles worth reading this week that speak to soul searching at the depth of faith in a world of worsening persecution. Read more

  • The way home

    I am working my way through Daniel 6 as I continue to expand on “Living in Babylon.” (I think it may be a book one day if I can simply overcome one thing: outright fear and terror.) Read more