This is the devotional I gave at Redwood Church’s Passion Week service. ========================================== That night itself was pregnant with the pangs of irony and opposites. As the mob marched with torches and lanterns—in search of The Light. Gathered in anger, anxiety and anticipation soldiers, Priest, police and Pharisees brandish their weapons to make war against [...]
Archive for the ‘words’ Category
I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about the importance – indeed, the necessity – of reading. Most blog readers are readers in general, but interestingly, I keep running into people who envisage reading and readers with skepticism and sometimes even disdain. Certainly, not everyone enjoys reading on the same level or can read with [...]
How To Read (a Saturday repost)
Posted: November 13, 2010 in advocacy, books, leadership, reading, words, writingI read a lot. I don’t even get to read everything that I want. At this very moment, I have 633 articles waiting review on Google Reader and I just cleared it out 5 minutes ago. I am in the midst of 4 great books, and am constantly reading and reviewing books, reading articles for [...]
What Happened To The 20-Minute Sermon?
Posted: November 1, 2010 in Bible, church, homiletics, leadership, missional, preaching, speaking, speech acts, spiritual formation, wordsI was slightly taken aback when one of our church members – a friend and supporter of mine – joked to her husband that she listens to me 40-minutes every Sunday. Trust me, no one knows better than I do when I stray over my allotted time. In fairness, my sermons are typically about 30-minutes, [...]
You might be more productive if you unplugged your gear and wrote things down. I know the common wisdom is that technology helps us be more productive. And in some ways that’s true. People now keep electronic calendars, track projects with productivity software and so on. I want to argue — just for a moment [...]
A New Kind of Christianity-A Review
Posted: March 30, 2010 in Bible, books, change, emerging church, history, humility, Questions, reading, theology, words, writingI have long been a fan of Brian McLaren – both the man and his writings. We’ve e-mailed back and forth through the years, been apart of a scripture project together (The Voice), shared multiple meals, and Brian spoke an important blessing into my life at a critical time. His “A New Kind of Christian” [...]
