Ron Edmondson offers five observations regarding culture change in a local church: They’re pretty sensible, but can be overlooked because of enthusiasm or over-confidence. Taking the time to get to know the church and its existing culture (in contrast to its behaviour; trying to understand why people are doing what they’re doing) is necessary and …
Eugene Peterson has died at the age of 85. The internet will provide you with plenty of eulogies, should you search them out. A contemplative presence whose wisdom invited thought and consideration, even when the reader did not agree with his conclusions. In his collaboration with Marva Dawn, published as the book The Unnecessary Pastor, …
Routine medical tests recently. Blood pressure tracking at 118/78. Which is okay.
Fleming Rutledge writes about the final prophetic promise of the Christian Old Testament, and how that foreshadows the Gospel hope and the creation wide need for it. The final words of the Christian Old Testament are quite amazing. The Hebrew Scriptures are arranged so that the prophetic literature is in the middle, but the Christian …
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