Protestantism is all about the Cross. In my Protestant world, everyone seems to focus on the Cross all the time. It is all about the Cross, especially in the Evangelical segments. After all, the Cross of Christ is arguably the crucial event in the history of salvation. (There are other events that could also make […]
Journaling for Clarity and Action (The Inner Life of the Writer)
Here’s the writer’s dilemma in a quick haiku: Sit before your screen. An empty file. No words come. You curse the cursor. It is writing that makes you a writer. Having ideas only makes you want to be one. To be a writer you have to make words come out: turn thoughts into letters, string them […]
Learning to Learn (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: Last time I wrote I was full of athletic metaphors — the Olympics were a big deal at our house. Now I’m tracking backward from the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, and thinking about how thriving in seminary is like learning to swim. We all start out with the flailing […]
Interview with Chuck Tate, author of 41 Will Come
Today I’m bringing you an interview with Chuck Tate, founding pastor of Rock Church in Peoria Illinois, and author of 41 Will Come: Holding On When Life Gets Tough–and Standing Strong Until a New Day Dawns. Remember all those biblical stories with 40 days of hard waiting? Chuck has a really inspiring message of hope, because he knows from […]
Interruptions (The Writer’s Inner Life)
If you’ve been following this series, you know I’m posting on “The Writer’s Inner Life” on Mondays. If you have a calendar, you know that today is Tuesday. Labor Day was an interruption. It was a good one: some time hanging pictures in our new home with my wife, some time in a park with the […]
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