Tag: Church

  • in ministry this week

    in ministry this week

    Every time I visit a small group, I am so blessed by the authentic conversations that happen there. People aren’t afraid to ask hard questions, or to admit when something is hard for them to grasp or embrace for themselves. It’s a space for vulnerability, and a space to work through ideas with others who…

  • Reformed Christmas: A Charlie Brown Christmas

    Reformed Christmas: A Charlie Brown Christmas

    That’s exactly what A Charlie Brown Christmas Became: In a world distracted and enamored by the artificial (like the aluminum Christmas trees Charlie Brown and Linus see on the tree farm), one man (well, both Charles Schulz and his fictional counterpart, Charlie Brown) stood up for the real.

  • Reformed Christmas: It’s a Wonderful Life

    Reformed Christmas: It’s a Wonderful Life

    “I know what I’m going to do tomorrow and the next day and the next year and the year after that: I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m going to see the world! Italy, Greece; the Parthenon, the Colosseum…Then I’m coming back here and go to college and…