This morning, I stepped into my church’s sanctuary only to discover that our leadership had decided to change the typical order of service for our Sunday morning gathering. Instead of a sermon today, what our congregation got to experience was a time of specific and intentional prayer for our nation. I am so thankful that… Continue reading A Prayer for America Today
Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, and The American Church Today
I was first introduced to Dietrich Bonhoeffer my freshman year of college. My professor of the class,”Pauline Epistles” had us read his “Cost of Discipleship” and I was instantly spellbound. Never had the price of discipleship (or the cost of grace) been so clearly articulated to my young heart. “When Christ calls a man,” said… Continue reading Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, and The American Church Today
Resisting Your Enemy
“When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other. Work on that. Bring fully into the consciousness of your patient that particular lift of his mother’s eyebrows which he learned to dislike in the nursery, and let… Continue reading Resisting Your Enemy