A music-filled month
June was a pretty awesome month, music-wise: Mumford & Sons at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD; Wicked at the Kennedy Center; U2 at M&T Ballpark in Baltimore, MD.
John Ortberg interviews Dallas Willard
From Catalyst West 2010:
The test of our work
Eugene Peterson: The test of our work is not the profit we gain from it or the status we receive from it but its effects in creation. Are persons impoverished? Is the land diminished? Is society defrauded? Is the world less or more because of my work? (Where Your Treasure Is, 139)
Job
So I’ve been reading through the Bible in a year. Today I reached the end of Job. It’s a fascinating book. And bemusing, too. My understanding of what it says has definitely changed over the years, and even now, I’m not completely sure what to make of it all—especially all of the words that Job’s …
What a difference a year makes
Recently, I was flipping through some photos, and noticed these gems from one year ago. These were taken in Aaron & Amy’s living room, back when the church was newborn and still meeting in the Grahams’ house. I don’t even remember whether we’d settled on The District Church as our name, at that point—my inclination …