I’m re-reading Exclusion and Embrace, by Miroslav Volf, one of my favorite professors in seminary. I’m being reminded how central this book’s ideas have become in my own life. His basic premise is that living as a follower of Christ requires us to be willing …
Read MoreRadical inclusiveness
(Some of you will have seen this before…sorry. It’s been published in two places. But Robin’s comment on my last post asked some questions about my view on women, so I thought I’d regurgitate this for the blog.) I sighed as I climbed the stairs …
Read MoreUniting mind and heart
(This post is a gamble for me. My alternative titles for it are, “False Humility” and “Internal Exclusion and Embrace: The Schizophrenic Within.”) One of the funniest slams on me in the last few years came from a friend I’ve known since high school. We …
Read MoreGood writers
Good writers help us see what we can’t see, or don’t want to see, or wish we didn’t see. I’ve linked to Amy before; I don’t know her, just stumbled on her blog last year and read her regularly. This post on Sunday helped me …
Read MoreDr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Early morning…April 4…shot rang out in a Memphis sky Free at last…they took your life…they could not take your Pride. Pride (in the name of love), U2 14 days later, I was born. I’ve spent time in the last few years reading about the decade …
Read MoreWhen am I?
You know, I was staring at my blog just now, wanting to write an MLK post, but I got distracted. I have a tense problem. It seems I can’t make up my mind when I blog; I can’t decide when the heck I’m writing. Am …
Read MoreThe Baptist Model
In worship, we are on a journey through the book of John. Today, many shared their thoughts and reflections from the first two chapters of John. My message centered on John the Baptist, which you can read here. Over the last couple of days, we’ve …
Read MoreLate, late, late.
Last Sunday was a great Sunday in worship, and I haven’t blogged about it. Bill Cathers shared powerfully. Bill’s a member of our church family, and he was very good friends with Jim Elliot and 4 of the 5 men who were speared to death …
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