Jesus, IRL, Now
My story in Jesus’ stories I’m always losing something. I guess I’m just a forgetful guy. Most recently it was my wallet. I was sure it was somewhere in my …
Our love feast celebrated that something new is growing
Four times a year we gather as one church for the Love Feast, enjoying three major movements: baptisms, receiving people into our covenant, and receiving from the Lord’s table. It begins …
Cells, covenant and the need for community in hard times
I do a lot of talking so I went on retreat—not just to rest my “flapping gums” as they have been called, but to listen to God. Why talk if …
The radical alternative of making a covenant
I have to admit I am sometimes tantalized by the civil religion. I’m quoting from my own blog, but here’s one way I put it a few months ago: The …