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Forget About the New Year – That’s Not the Main Story for 2016
Too often we are solely fascinated by the new . . . new year, new leaf, new resolution. Our inner perfectionist loves the unmarked journal, the unblemished calendar, the pristine white of the first snow. We’re drawn to the new because, much as a recent amputee senses a phantom limb, we imagine that through the …[ read more ]
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The “Trying” Church
Have you ever gotten frustrated with the church? Ever feel like giving up on other Christians? Gandhi expressed it this way: “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are nothing like your Christ.” Most of us, at some point, have run across Gandhi’s famous quote and found ourselves saying a …[ read more ]