Apprentice 2 Jesus

Culture

  • Words matter

    Our words reflect the deepest part of who we are. Read more

  • The temptation to avoid and the invitation to grasp

    The temptation to avoid: The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.… Read more

  • The pursuit of STUFF

    The roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die. Things have become necessary to us, a development never originally intended. God’s gifts now take the place of God, and the whole course of nature is upset by the monstrous substitution. — AW Tozer, The Pursuit… Read more

  • The news you never hear

    The biggest story that goes missed in our part of the world is Aleppo. Read more

  • The beauty and tragedy of Christianity

    In all of our cultural coverings, we work so hard to make Jesus “attractive,” his beauty gets lost. Read more

  • We STILL aren’t talking

    I hear more news and want to remember this name: Terence Crutcher. HERE IS WHY. Dear Lord… help. Read more

  • We still aren’t talking

    Once we get a news cycle out of the way, we somehow make it okay to move away from the difficult conversations. Throw in the wackiest election cycle in… well… forever, and it’s easy to forget the underlying difficulties we still don’t deal with in our culture. It’s only been two months since I was… Read more

  • 4 days to Ethiopia

    There are so many opportunities to be “anxious.” But these are not days to worry. Read more

  • 15 years

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  • Living in Babylon

    As we are watching major cultural changes all around us, how do we stay deep in Christ? Read more