Before digging into this important question, let me unequivocally state that this post reflects my personal opinion and in no way represents my church’s official opinion. Also, please respect this is obviously coming from a Baptist’s perspective without turning the... Continue Reading →| Living Theologically
Sounds paradoxical, doesn’t it? We think we know that to welcome is the very opposite of having a wall up. We’re wrong. Ivan Illich taught that the welcome of hospitality requires a threshold. By definition, we need to move over a threshold in order to be welcomed. If there is no threshold to move over, I can’t welcome… Continue reading Put up walls so you can welcome→| nuakh
The August issue walks through the Christian’s “Life in the Sacrament.” From the President: Lutherans and the Lord’s Supper: Holding to the Words of ChristLife in the Church Year: St. Mary Lavender Cookies and Garden Features: ‘With All the Company of Heaven‘: Angels, Saints and Our Departed Loved Ones at the Lord’s Table — Arthur A. Just‘Given and Shed for You’: What does the Sacrament do? — Jeffrey Hemmer‘Let a Person Examine Himself’: Preparing for the Lord’s Su...| The Lutheran Witness
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature – if that word can be used in reference to m…| Redtree Times
Having reached the end of my account of the pilgrimage, it is finally time to share some of my reflections. The pilgrimage experience was a very humbling one, very symbolic of one’s sojourn o…| Inclina aurem cordis tui
Passover time arrived, and the Lamb of God was where He had to be to do what He had to do. Some in Jerusalem were in no mood to celebrate […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
My parents enjoyed farming. They both grew up on farms. Both did hard work in the cotton fields of the South. I never heard them complain about that. We had a small home in a 50’s subdivision. My Dad had a garage built in the backyard. Behind the garage, he put in a garden. It […]| Glory to God For All Things
The tree just stood there. What kind of tree? You’ll find out soon enough. But it just stood there, so I turned my restless eyes and hands to the creek, moving, wet, smellable and populated. The creek cut deeply into the Earth, as if someone had cut out a narrow strip to craft a belt […]| Deep Adaptation Forum
As summer gives way to fall, and the colder climate moves in, many people find that their mood shifts with the season, and not for the better. Recently, I was reading a fascinating article published in the journal of Emotion, entitled Heartwarming Memories: Nostalgia Maintains Physiological Comfort. The authors noted that while a significant amount of research exists regarding the impact of thoughts/emotions on pain, little had been done in this area as linked with thermoregulation, spe...| Dr. James Schroeder
The Apostle Paul declared in II Corinthians 5:14 that "the Love which Christ has for me presses on me from all sides, holding me to one end and prohibiting me from considering any other ... " When we abide in living communion with Him and His Words abide in us, we get to know that Love, and it gives us great, child-like audacity to ask Him anything our heart desires. True prayer is relational, not religious. The post Prayer: What It Is, What It Isn’t appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Apostle Paul declared in II Corinthians 5:14 that "the Love which Christ has for me presses on me from all sides, holding me to one end and prohibiting me from considering any other ... " When we abide in living communion with Him and His Words abide in us, we get to know that Love, and it gives us great, child-like audacity to ask Him anything our heart desires. True prayer is relational, not religious.| GGWO Church Baltimore
When we think about the sacrifices and offerings in Moses’ Law we most likely jump to thinking about the bloody offering of a lamb. While this is certainly the most prominent offering found in the Law, it isn’t the only one. Like the great Storyteller He is, God hints at another kind of covenantal offering […]| Ben Zornes
With a heart that came near to breaking, Costello made the world laugh: the more he suffered, the more he wanted to bring healing to others.| Christ and Pop Culture
