As a fan of pacifism, especially lately, I'm excited about spending a week focusing on peace in our home. We definitely live in a world that needs more Christians who stand out among a natural pace of reaction and defense that seeks to prove,...

"Action in accord with Jesus, is action in accord with reality" - Stanley Hauerwas I remember standing on the edge of a large natural amphitheater, with the Sea of Galilee very close in view. Green rolling hills, birds overhead, and imagining the...

An interesting connection was made in comments to a recent blog post of mine (on Facebook, even if none of ya'll commented here). The reference to what expectations one brings to a sporting event, compared to the expectations we may bring to a worship...

In listening to a message by Stanley Hauerwas the other day, he used a similar phrase over and over again. He was emphasizing the call of Christians and the Church to stand out...to live differently....to exist in ways that obviously contrast the way...

1 Corinthians 7:32-34 "I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife, and his interests...