The Justice Revival.3,500 gathered at the Columbus, OH, Vineyard Church to participate in a meaningful celebration of and commitment to lived out biblical justice. The gathering was organized by 40 churches and Sojourners, an evangelical social-action organization started by Jim Wallis. Matt Redman, famous UK worship leader who has written popular worship songs such as …
Everybody Has a Story
Came across this interesting piece about the rising popularity of memoirs. Why are we so interested in others' stories and what does it tell us about ourselves?Patsy Vigderman, a professor at Kenyon College in Ohio, offers the following statement, as quoted in the article:For some reason, people right now are gripped by the idea that …
A Wideness in God’s Mercy – a song
A few week back at church, I sang a song I had written. Some folks had asked me about it.The song was written for my home church while I was in college when the church was going through some difficult times in terms of loss. The song is entitled "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy" …
Relate
We began a new series at Brooklife this past Sunday entitled "Relate." Jason kicked off the series with a really insightful message "Relate ... to the next generation." The message was simultaneously about parenting, grandparenting, uncle-ing, aunt-ing, or simply pouring into the lives of young people around us. It's really worth taking a listen to, …
The Compassion Forum
This past Sunday, the two democratic contenders for the presidential nomination shared the importance of their faith at Faith in Public Life's Compassion Forum. This forum took place at Messiah College, a Christian college in Pennsylvania.Regardless of where you stand in the presidential race, it is an interesting trend to see the Democratic candidates' engagement …
Matthew Erickson 