I’m finishing up my series on Proverbs on May 9th, which also happens to be Mother’s Day. I’ll be working from Proverbs 31:10-31, AKA as the women of virtue, or the good wife passage. As if mothers don’t already have enough pressure on them, I’m going to remind them of the biblical vision of what […]

In a few weeks, Caleb will turn three. Tonight we bought a cedar swingset for him at Sam’s. It is incredible. It is also in a thousand pieces. I’ll be spending all of my spare time for the next three weeks putting it together. I’ve always enjoyed putting things together, so I’m not really dreading […]

I usually don’t preach 3-point sermons. In fact, some have said most of my sermons are pointless. This Sunday I’m going to talk about why the resurrection is “good news” from three different angles. Rather than preaching them as 3 points in a sermon, I’m going to break them up into three smaller sermonettes delivered […]

The assembly went very well this morning. I think we woke everyone up when we told them that we were going to do things a bit differently. We retold the story of the Passion Week up through Thursday night. Feedback so far has been positive.

This is probably my least favorite Sunday. Because of the change in time, some won’t show. Those who do are bleary-eyed. Dave Barry was right when he said, “You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.” I love the story about the guy […]

An American Muslim Responds to the Passion One can be a passive bystander at the Sermon of the Mount. One can listen only half-attentively to Jesus parables, react with quiet cynicism to the miracles. But his suffering and death stir emotions that cannot fail to move us. By theology and belief, Jesus is a revered […]

I’ve been spending some time with the writings of Ken Wilber. I’m especially fascinated by his A Theory of Everything, which is a synthesis of his previous work. His integral vision is compelling and challenging. He is not coming at it from a Christian point of view, but I’m convinced that more Christians need to […]

Last week I watched The Passion just before we left on our vacation. Just like you, Ive already read a number of reviews and personal reflections about the movie. Im not sure I have much to add to the conversation at this point, but since we talked about the movie at length here several weeks […]

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’ve already been asked by someone who has seen it how is it that the wounds of Christ heal us? In other words, how does the atonement work? How do we connect the dots or draw up a flow chart that shows how the suffering of a Jewish […]

I really appreciate the discussion about “The Passion” that we’ve been having around here over the last week. I’ve asked some questions and shared a few opinions. I’ve had good friends disagree with me sharply and people I don’t know very well chime in with support. The conversation here has spilled over into email and […]