Last night, 22-year-old Howard University student Omar Sykes was fatally shot and a friend was assaulted in what looks like an attempted robbery. Apparently, it took place about a half hour after I got home and was already asleep, having tuned out the fireworks that were happening in the back alley. (See news reports here, here, …
[Excerpted from last Sunday’s message at The District Church: “Pastors”] The life of a shepherd in the Middle East was not—is not—an easy one. In biblical times, a shepherd’s job description included: Finding water and grass in a dry and stony region; Keeping the sheep safe from the elements, from predators, and even from themselves, as …
I was reading Deuteronomy 22 this morning and was struck by the first few verses: You shall not watch your neighbor’s ox or sheep straying away and ignore them; you shall take them back to their owner. If the owner does not reside near you or you do not know who the owner is, you …
NINE DAYS TO LAUNCH!! It’s pretty exciting to see this community take off, as volunteers begin signing up to help out and join teams, as we talk through who we want to be and what we want to do and what we think God is calling us to as a new District Church community. Moreover, …
Gordon Cosby. Brennan Manning. Dallas Willard. These three have passed on–“fallen asleep,” as Jesus might say–in the last couple months, and I am forever grateful for the paths they carved, the tracks they left for me to follow. Dallas Willard passed away this morning at 77 years old. I don’t feel particularly adequate to articulate …