Welcome to the 2023 Annual LifeSpring Retreat. This year’s theme will be Temptation and Fall. The retreat will be held for the second time at Calvin Crest Retreat Center. For …
Seven Sacred Pauses
On Tuesday, July 26, our LifeSpring small group discussed prayer. Bruce handed out a prayer bookmark that we used once at LifeSpring, and the group also talked about fixed hour …
The Choices We Make
In my life, I have had two moments that have stuck with me in terms of how I make choices. One was counseling a woman who lived, with her young …
Bike Path Theology
Recently I bumped into a friend on the Bike Path. He stopped his bike to talk to me. “I really need to talk to you; things are coming off the …
Desiring God
John Piper wrote a book by this title, but that is not the object of this rumination. I have been thinking about what happens when someone honestly desires God., Psalm …
Diversity
di·ver·si·ty də-ˈvər-sə-tē1: the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : VARIETYespecially : the inclusion of people of different races, or cultures in a group or organization; programs …
What’s the difference?
I’ve heard it lots and lots of times. I CAN’T do that. Most of the time the item being referenced could be characterized by one of the following four general …
The Most Difficult Task
I don’t know of any task more difficult than communicating clearly to another human being. It crowns the list of all other important tasks and is usually lurking in the …
Run the race.
Hebrews was written to a community of Jesus’ disciples, some of whom were bailing out – abandoning their calling. So the writer of the epistle of Hebrews set out to …
Lowering the Bar on the Gospel
I have been thinking about the idea of “lowering the bar,” especially in regard to being a disciple of Jesus. This little rumination began with the recent experience of meeting …
Why I Speak Out
View Post“I’m a realist!”
Walking on my favorite route recently, I encountered a guy I have known superficially for a few years. The subject was the weather and a headline seen in my newsfeed …
“I know the plans I have for you….”
Jeremiah 29:11 – A Commencement Address, May 10th, 2017 By Phillip Camp, Lipscomb University – Nashville, TN As we gather for such an important milestone in the lives of you …
Revelation Resources
The book of Revelation is a fraught book. For many generations it has been often approached as a manual for deciphering the future date of Christ’s return. 666 has been …
Modern Forms of Greed
This article is adapted from a blog by Frank Sonnenberg. “The Many Faces of Greed.” Greed is a term that describes ruthless people with naked ambition, people with an insatiable …
It’s a God thing!
Philip Yancey is an American author, most known for his writings on a spiritual plane. He has sold over 15 million books in 40 different languages. Needless to say, he …
Awake the Sleeping God
I recently encountered a guy that sounds really spiritual and godly. Say’s “God is good,” CONSTANTLY. Enough to make you go crazy as you think about the people who love …
Nihilism 2022
I heard a conversation recently about the knowability of virtue, and it put into crystal-clear perspective the chasm that exists between Christian faith and the relativism of our age. In …
No One Likes the Product
The Jesus Creed is a Scot McKnight blog located on the Christianity Today website. The blog is named after McKnight’s popular book by the same name. In the article below …
The Image of God
Text: Hebrews 1 1-3 Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries. Recently he spoke to us directly through his …