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
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A Roller Coaster Guy Stuck in a Merry-Go-Round Park
I love metaphors. I think there's a reason Jesus speaks so much in that form through stories and parables. Metaphors draw pictures of concepts in a way that speaks to our commonality of experience. Regular readers--both of you (insert smiley face emoticon here)--will notice that lately I've been wrestling with expressing some frustrations in the arena … Continue reading A Roller Coaster Guy Stuck in a Merry-Go-Round Park
Don’t eat dog vomit…
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26:11) Another Creation Festival has come and gone. And, as always, there is much to process from an emotional and spiritual perspective. We often talk about "mountaintop experiences" in our faith walks...those times when we are so full of our love … Continue reading Don’t eat dog vomit…
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden…
The day we've been waiting for all year has finally come. Our crew from FUMC Williamstown will be shipping out 29 strong tomorrow morning (6/23) for the Woodstock of Christian music, Creation Festival (Northeast). The late-June trip to Agape Farm, PA, has become an annual pilgrammage for our youth group for the past 7 or 8 years. … Continue reading And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden…
Why Youth are NOT the future of the church…
What's that you say? Hasn't everything we've ever heard, read or learned taught us that the youth ARE the future of the church? I mean, what about Whitney Houston's lyrics: "I believe the children are the future / Teach them well and let them lead the way..." Isn't our whole society sort of centered around … Continue reading Why Youth are NOT the future of the church…
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