Will Willimon’s memoir Accidental Preacher is an engaging collection of memories and observations. He tells the story, and the art of telling the story is as enjoyable as the stories themselves. In writing about the somewhat neglected concept of calling, he makes the observation that being a disciple of Jesus is not our idea. We …
Stan Gale spent the days after his birth in an incubator. He received that life sustaining and growing support in isolation. As a disciple of Jesus we are told that we need support for our life to be sustained and our growth supported. We need an incubator. But not in isolation. The church is God’s …
The expectations of an impatient culture run counter to the reality that growth is a long term process. But the conviction of that long-term expectation does not manifest itself in frustration, or in complacency and inactivity. Rather the expectation that we are growing like Jesus produces the immediate regular actions that produce that fruit. From …
Disciples of Jesus are not subversives, we are not rebels, we are not anarchists; disciples of Jesus are light. That is how we are the means by which God changes the world.
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