Living and Teaching Stories Rooted in the Mission of God
I’m thrilled to introduce the Good News in the Neighborhood curriculum I have been working on alongside my good friend, Adam Mclane. Exploring the life of Jesus and Paul’s words to the Church of Corinth, this is a resource designed to ignite the hearts and imaginations of teenagers to take seriously they’re call to be …
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As I scanned the room electric with people from such vastly different backgrounds, yet interacting in such dynamic ways, I couldn’t help but seeing this as a snapshot of the Kingdom Banquet Jesus describes in Luke 14. All having been invited because of some personal connection with someone in our community, I talked with a …
As I read this reflection on St. Nick in the Common Prayer liturgy the other day, I was stirred at the contrast between the selfless generosity of this saint and the consumerist wish lists we now associate to the modern Santa Claus. While, there is almost no chance Jesus was born in December and Christmas …
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I spent this past week living on a small houseboat with bunch of freshman boys on Lake Shasta. While living in extremely intimate quarters with 70 teenagers (4 houseboats) can be quite intimidating (and odoriferous!), it was not what intimidated me most about this time. Having committed to speak for this annual “Houseboats” trip close …
(Pic: Our daughter Ruby with a Muslim family that recently fled Afghanistan as persecuted refugees) Confession: I often fall victim to stereotype and blind prejudice against those outside of my cultural, religious or ethnic circle. I believe many of us have allowed the polarizing and hateful rhetoric of media/politics to inform us on who we …