More significant takeaways from last week’s Q Conference: Steven Garber spoke of how vocation is integral to the mission of God. “Most of what God is doing in the world is being done through the vocations of his people.” This idea was reiterated by David Kinnaman of the Barna Group, who challenged the Church to… Continue reading notes from Q – pt. 2
Q really is pretty unique as far as conferences go. It’s about 4 things: Culture, Future, Church, and Gospel. And it studies our culture’s seven channels of influence: Church, social sector, business, education, government, arts & entertainment, and media. Q’s wide range of speakers address how we as believers can proactively and positively influence our… Continue reading notes from Q 2011
Today I’m traveling to Portland to participate in this year’s “Q” Conference. “Q is a place where innovators, church leaders, social entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders come together to explore the church’s role in positively contributing to culture,” and “collaborate around the biggest questions facing the church today.” You can read about all the topics and… Continue reading off to Q
Some thoughts on the meaning of the cross from John Stott: “The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where… Continue reading Good Friday
We’re now in the last week of Lent, and with the celebration of Palm Sunday our thoughts turn towards Easter. I’ve collected some writings on this topic that spoke significantly to me over the past week, and I wanted to share them with you. “How Easter Killed my Faith in Atheism” by Lee Strobel, published… Continue reading easter thoughts…
My church has been teaching a Lent series from Matthew 4 based on Jesus’ 40 days of fasting and temptation in the desert. And yesterday I had one of those moments when God revealed an entirely new insight to me from a well-known passage in the Bible. As believers, we sometimes long for the Spirit… Continue reading led by the spirit
I know a lot of people who think journaling is important in living a meaningful life. I, however, am not one of them. The following is a re:view of my previously-written thoughts on journaling. ————————————————————————————————————————————— I have never been a journal keeper. And yet over the years, I’ve collected several nice journals as gifts, or… Continue reading re:view – journaling
We’re now about three weeks in to Lent, or almost half way. And I have to say I’m not enjoying it that much. All this giving up stuff to focus more on Jesus in my life is not exactly working out as I’d expected. Because when I really focus on Jesus, he’s not calling me… Continue reading Lent is killing me
In the 7-week Lent series at my church we’re looking at the spiritual disciplines Jesus portrayed during his 40 days in the desert. This past weekend we talked about solitude. After a slightly scaled-back worship set, Pastor Gene Appel started his message… in silence, using the placards in the pictures above. The silence was several… Continue reading lent series week 2 : solitude
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the spiritual season leading to Easter known as Lent. Traditionally, many believers fast, or “give up” something for Lent – such as watching television – as an act of discipline in surrender to God. In the past couple of years more people are “fasting” from FaceBook, or Twitter,… Continue reading give it up for lent
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