1 John 4:7-12: Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed to us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that …
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, …
At the first session of The District Church’s discipleship class, I began by posing the question, How many of you know that we’re called to be like Jesus? Everyone raised their hand. I followed up: How many of you actually think that’s possible? Only a handful. We dug in a little further and discovered that …
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 …
Fr. James Martin, SJ: Pope Francis says that good Christians shouldn’t be–and this is a quote from our new pope–“Mr. and Mrs. Whiner.” Amen to that!” Pope’s got some sass; I like it! Full context: Vatican link. Photo: Roberto Stuckert Filho