Five most important conversations
This Friday I’ll be heading up to Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Indiana to meet with a small group of folks to discuss a compelling question: What are the five most important conversations the church needs to have in the next decade? This conversation about these conversations was…
The Vacation
This fall-ish weather has been great – is Columbus like this all the time?! It’s also somewhat of a reminder that summer is vanishing and the school year is pretty near. Many of you have had the chance to take vacations out of town, are currently on vacation, or are…
Jesus, Vets, and a Tree
Three items that caught my eye today to pass along this midweek: 1. Jesus – One of the top current nonfiction bestsellers is called Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan. As the title suggests, it is one scholar’s effort to detail the historical setting…
Growth happens
For the last number of years Abbie and I have become more involved in growing, harvesting, and preserving our own food – or food that family or friends have grown. We had chickens in our backyard in Cincinnati that through some miracle consistently turned our food scraps we would feed…
Breathe
There’s been a lot of focus on breath this week at church. Vacation Bible School is in full swing with the theme, “Breathe in, God gives life.” We’ve talked about how the Hebrew word for breath – ruakh – is the same word translated Spirit and wind. Scriptures so far…
