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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things You Just Don’t See Anymore
August 20, 2013 5

As professional tennis makes its annual swing through North American cities on the way to the US Open, one stop is conspicuously missing this year:  Los Angeles. For over 100 years, the best tennis players in the world have played at least one annual event in that west coast mecca for hard court tennis.  Ever Read the full article…

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Small Gesture And Large Grace
August 19, 2013 1

Something very small happened in between yesterday morning’s worship gatherings. But it had a large impact. During the sermon itself, I used a demonstration involving Gatorade (the energy drink!) to show how it is that many moms and dads pour into parenting what they avoid in marriage. So I poured a litre of Gatorade into Read the full article…

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Home Based, Week 2 — Master Bedroom
August 16, 2013 0

In terms of Master Bedroom luxury, there’s good: There’s better: And then there’s best: But what does all this talk of Master Bedrooms have to do with children, households, and passing on the faith? To get that answer, Sunday.8:30.  10.  11:30. 

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Nice Reviews Are Nice
August 15, 2013 0

Some folks have been thoughtful enough to review The Storm Before The Calm over the last few days. Here’s one from Amazon. And then Claude Kayler, the founding pastor of Good Shepherd and fellow Methodist blogger, offered his thoughts in a two-part review. You can read his review here and here.  

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Presbyterians, Hymnody, And Substitutionary Atonement
August 14, 2013 3

Since my post yesterday was all about hymns, I thought I’d continue the trend today. Only today I want to focus in on a new hymn that is suddenly sitting in a seat of controversy:  In Christ Alone.  Now: “In Christ Alone” is really a glorious piece of music that bridges the gap between traditional Read the full article…

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