Why is it so important for us to be authentically known and to authentically know others? Why do relationships feel a tension expressed often in exasperation with phrases like, "You don't even know who I am!" or "I don't even know who you are anymore!" It is because being known and knowing others is one …
April 16 Update on Pastor Andrew Brunson
As a graduate of Wheaton College (IL), I received this email just moments ago related to Pastor Andrew Brunson, who is also an alumnus of the college. While this is a call to prayer for the Wheaton College campus and extended community, I encourage you to join in the spirit of this intercessory prayer wherever …
Prayer for Pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey
I mentioned Pastor Andrew Brunson in my pastoral prayer this weekend. Please join me in praying for him. Here is background on his situation via Open Doors' web-site. Arrested in October 2016 on false charges of being involved in an Islamic terrorist organization, Pastor Andrew Brunson remains in Turkey in an Izmir prison—persecuted for his Christian …
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James Tissot, The Resurrection
Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 2]
Over the next number of weeks, I am interacting with some of the writings of Andrew Murray. Murray was a South African pastor and missionary during the 19th and early 20th centuries. I am spending time first with his short book Humility, which a friend shared with me recently. In the second chapter of the book, …
