One of the greatest fallacies of our faith, and actually one of the greatest acts of unbelief, is the thought that our spiritual acts and virtues need to be advertised to be known. The frantic efforts of religious personages and groups to advertise and certify themselves is a stunning revelation of their lack of substance …
Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris: Go outside. It’s important to get away from technology and experience the world. You’ve got to see your world, see your community, see what’s not being said what needs to be said. That’s probably the best way to figure out what you’re going to say. For me at least, it’s …
Apologies for the long silence–things have been busy these last few weeks: after Ash passed away, I headed to the UK for a few days for his funeral. Then I was away at the Fresh Expressions US National Gathering for a couple days. And then I was off to California for a vacation/catch-up-with-friends for a …
This morning, I woke to a text informing me that one of my closest friends from university passed away yesterday morning. Ashley was one of the first people I ever met at University College London when we both started studying law in 2000. We also lived in the same dorms in Camden Town, and we …
[Adapted from this week’s sermon: “Have a Little Faith.”] I’ll be honest: for most of my life, I’ve interacted with God in much the same way that Daniel does in chapter 12, verse 8: I heard but could not understand; so I said, ‘My lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?’ Have you …