The Civil Wars, Live from New Orleans

I got to see The Civil Wars last year in DC. The words “musical perfection” may have passed my lips. Enjoy this full session from New Orleans. And next time they’re playing near you, go see them.

Spurgeon: what a joyful Christian you ought to be!

Grateful for this reminder of perspective from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening: “Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work.” Psalm 92:4 Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should live above …

My Most Important Question

It’s become tradition in our church (at least as much as toddler-aged churches can establish traditions) to have a summer series entitled, “My Most Important Question,” where we have people in our community share about the questions and struggles that they’ve gone through–or are going through. We don’t believe that you have to leave your …

Listen

Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines, 164: How rarely are we ever truly listened to, and how deep is our need to be heard. I wonder how much wrath in human life is a result of not being heard. Let’s try to really listen to those we encounter today.