“Whatever it be that makes us trust in ourselves that we are comparatively wise or good, so as to treat those with contempt who do not subscribe to our doctrines, or follow our party, is a proof and fruit of a self-righteous...
Several months ago, I saw yet another in a years-long series of events that I can only characterize as the church persecuting itself. While this was not the first and definitely not the last time an event like this has occurred, it...
As we begin this new series together, our Wednesday blog will often feel like a clearing house for all of the thoughts that surround our Sunday messages, as well as an invitation for discussion and discernment. In many respects, the...
Kicking off 2024, I hope your holiday season provided a restful and joyful end to 2023 and a hopeful beginning to 2024…. 2024 holds the promise of an interesting year but also gains custody of the reality that there is...
“Come, Holy Spirit.” It’s a dangerous prayer. In Acts 2, the Spirit was poured out on the Church. In the 200s, the early church father Origen wrote: “…The Lord himself, the Holy Spirit himself must be...
“Keep the receipts!” Twice a year, on the two days that the kid year revolves around, we heard this. Every Christmas and every birthday, some adult would implore me to keep those strips of paper that seemed to hold more...
After a few weeks of weighty topics, I like to fall into an easy, more breezy subject to lighten the air and have the opportunity to stretch out into the warm and fuzzy and take a deep breath. Usually, a topic without controversy or...
Context… what a fickle beast. When anyone begins talking about context or contextualization, my inward groan lets loose a beauty, my eyes glaze over, and I begin to play over in my mind the closing seconds of Super Bowl...
This dude don’t know his hind end from a hole in the ground….
This grammatically challenged thought passed through my mind this week as I listened to a talk given by some high-powered psychology dude after he said...
Hi Vineyard family,
This week's email is going out a little early so it doesn't get lost in the turkey shuffle. We are thankful that we have each one of you with us on this journey of bringing the Kingdom to our communities.
Please...
What is happening in our city? Lately, this question has either driven conversation or arisen from conversation as I traverse my work week. While violence and crime seem to have been trending upwards regularly over the past few...
“I am going to do it anyway…”
Not to put all the blame on God, but he did make me this way. That statement is not one I often recommend using as justification, but sometimes the process of learning to abide in...
