Around the Horn (April 16)
Don't Try to Put Out Every Brush Fire From time to time pastors are faced with accusations and gossip. According to H.B. Charles, one of the worst things a pastor can do is run around
The Moral Courage of Jackie Robinson
An excerpt from In the Arena: The Promise of Sports for Christian Discipleship On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, a 28-year-old rookie, courageously ran onto Ebbets Field transforming one of the most sacred spaces in American
Pastor, make sure your church misses the things it ought to miss, Part 2
Part 1 (see here), focuses on the many challenges pastors face in leading their congregations through this health crisis and time of COVID-19 social isolation. Simply put, churches exist to meet and most are not
Pastor, make sure your church misses the things it ought to miss (Part 1)
Pastors face many challenges in leading their congregations through this health crisis and time of COVID-19 social isolation. None bigger than not being able to gather corporately for worship. Simply put, churches exist to meet.
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet
Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet John 13 This significant action, so full of kindness and condescension on the part of our Saviour, is recorded for our example. Happy shall we be, if we truly copy
The Surreal and the Real: COVID-19, Not Knowing but Being Known
The past few weeks have been weird. I have described my feelings to a few friends as a surreal vacation that’s not a vacation sort of existence. My experience is not the experience of everyone
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Pleasing Men and Pleasing Christ
“I please all men in all things.”—1 Cor. 10:33. “If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”—Gal. 1:10. Though both these kinds of action are expressed by one term,
Fighting COVID-19 with Chalk Art
COVID-19 has brought suffering and death to many people around the world. Suffering is something we often try to put out of our mind with distractions and not think about until we are forced to
Around the Horn (April 2)
The Minister's Life In this short post, Joe Thorn draws upon Horatius Bonar's Words to Winners of Souls to remind us of the importance of a minister's diligence in guarding his own soul before he can
Scattered Church in Cyberspace during Pandemic
“New technology should not replace or disrupt anything good that already exists, and this includes family and community relationships.” (Wendell Berry) Exiled in cyberspace. That’s how I feel. It has been but a couple of