Month: March 2015
Humility. Unity. Worship. by Elizabeth Glass Turner
March 30, 2015
There I was, punching couch cushions, trying to keep my sudden, violent shouts muted so I wouldn’t wake up the…
Holy Communion: Celebrating Christ’s Presence With Us by Ken Loyer
March 25, 2015
It has been said that the dinner table—that place where we eat, talk, and share life together with others—is an extension of the Eucharist.
Lenten Justice by Claire Matheny
March 21, 2015
The text for this sermon is Mark 2:13-22 Many of us have suffered a punch-the-clock kind of job. This is…
Wesley’s 5:2 Fast by Jack Jackson
March 19, 2015
For Wesley, the purpose of fasting was not to lose weight or to be more physically healthy. Wesley believed fasting was crucial for the spiritual health of Jesus’ disciples.
Could You Give Up Porn for Lent? A Pastoral Perspective On Life Change by Talbot Davis
March 18, 2015
The rise of the internet has created a perfect storm for growing numbers of men to become addicted. It is available. It is anonymous. I suspect no other generation of men – or their pastors – had such a collision of forces that are the same time both irresistible and destructive.
Sister Winter by Michael Smith
March 16, 2015
For some reason God seems to do the best character development work when we are in the wilderness. Throughout the biblical text we see people out in the wilderness or in the “wintertime” of their spiritual lives. It is often here that God decides to do something new. “Now my heart is returned to sister winter,” as singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens describes it.
Hidden Heroes: The Epic Fail Hero by Talbot Davis
March 14, 2015
But you need both. A Paul and a Peter. Someone who will confront and another who will comfort. It takes that balance of truth and grace to get someone to move beyond their epic fail and into effective service.
Prayer And The Shaping Power Of The Indwelling Christ by Maxie Dunnam
March 12, 2015
We allow grace to operate in our lives by allowing Christ to be alive in us. We affirm the living Christ. Freedom and joy in the Christian life depend on this. Christ is alive today. He is a now reality. This reality must become personal: Christ is alive in me.
A Woman’s Voice Can Usher In The Kingdom Of God by Elizabeth Glass Turner
March 11, 2015
Today my first-person perspective of Resurrection Day sits over at this website in honor of the traditional myrrh-bearers – the women…
Backwards Lent by Carrie Carter
March 9, 2015
Up until more recently than I’d like to admit, the most I knew about Lent was the mysterious time of…