Note: This is the second in a series of posts inspired by the Advent Conspiracy movement and the book, Advent Conspiracy, by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay and Greg Holder. Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty … Continue reading Advent Conspiracy Week 2: Spend Less
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Advent Conspiracy Week 1: Worship Fully
Just like on that first Christmas, babies will be born this Christmas in huts and shacks into families that can barely feed themselves, let alone a newborn. It will happen in Liberia and Nicaragua. It will happen in Williamstown and Marietta. Herod won’t try to kill them, but diseases will. Lack of adequate healthcare will. Hopelessness will.
Something more important…
Sometimes it's important to recognize when someone has something more important to say than what you want to say. I was going to post a new blog today, but after reading this over on the Burnside Writer's Collective, I felt like what Carole Turner had to say was way more important than whatever mindless ramble … Continue reading Something more important…
To Write Love On Her Arms
Today is To Write Love On Her Arms Day. If you're not familiar with TWLOHA, you're missing what is in my opinion one of the most meaningful movements of the church in teen/young adult culture in a generation. The TWLOHA story is the story of how Jesus moves in the world. It is a story … Continue reading To Write Love On Her Arms
Show me da money
It's a trip. It makes the world go 'round. It's what I want. Cash. Bread. Dough. Moola. Dinero. Pastor Steve's recent sermon series on Generosity has got me thinking a lot lately about money. Not in the "love of it is the root of all evil" sort of way, or in the "give it all … Continue reading Show me da money