How To Inherit The Earth: Submitting Ourselves to a Servant Savior by Scott Bessenecker, the Associate Director for Missions for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, is simply the best book I’ve read in years on spiritual influence. I wish I had understood and practiced the things that he unpacks in this small book about the ways of …
Friendship at the Margins
I heartily recommend a book by Christopher Heuertz and Christine D. Pohl called, Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission (Resources for Reconciliation) One of my least resistible inclinations these days is to befriend people on the margins. It’s something I get to spend more of my time doing than ever before …
A book and video about gays and the Church
I expect more pushback – of the kind, kind of course – on this post than most. I hope not, but I might even lose some regular readers over it. The debate about how God feels about gays and how the Church must relate to them is a firestorm for sure. As we speak the …
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My favorite book on “justice” so far (other than the Bible, of course)
I’m ashamed to admit that I came to the table late on the social justice topic. As an aspect of God’s compassionate personality and as a significant portion of our responsibility as his followers, somehow over the years this ubiquitous Bible theme eluded me. I’ve since discovered that with the possible exception of idolatry, the …
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The founder of the live nativity scene
I used to like live nativity scenes. In my last post I told why I say, “used to.” But did you know who first thought up the baby Jesus scene with real animals – I mean, the second one after the first one? It was Francis of Assisi in 1223 on Christmas Eve in a …
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