I am always reading something. And while I like biographies, sports books, and occasionally even religious books, good novels remain my favorites. I like both “popular” novels that you read while sitting on the beach, and the more “serious” works about which you would write an English paper. And as an English major, I did Read the full article…
Methodists have an interesting term we call prevenient grace. Coined by John Wesley, the founder of the movement in the 1700s that ultimately became the Methodist church, prevenient grace literally meanes “the grace that goes before.” God’s grace is at work in people’s lives before they are aware of it. When folks are either ignorant Read the full article…
On the edges of every document you produce in Microsoft Word, you select the margins. Both on the sides of the page and on the top & bottom. The wider the margins, obviously, the more space you have on the page. The smaller the margins, the more the page is crammed with words. Most of Read the full article…
No, it’s not Christmas. It’s Wimbledon, which starts today. The image to the right is of Centre Court, the most famous venue in all of tennis. This year, they have added a retractable roof to Centre Court, making rain delays into a distant memory. What could be better? Grass court tennis. Coverage on ESPN2. Nightly Read the full article…
Two faces are pretty frightening, aren’t they? That’s how a lot of the world beyond the church perceives the world inside the church: as full of two-faced people. Hypocrites, in other words. So this Sunday at Good Shepherd, we’ll talk about becoming the kind of people and the kind of church where the two faces Read the full article…
