"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Attentiveness – A Poem
to listen and to apprehendby slowly unfolding withinthe present moment to unshackle from busyness –the devil’s hold upon this age –by simply being with our eyes unshuttered and earsunstopped in explosive, divine,ordinary time to hear so clear what goes unheardto see indeed what goes unseenlike life is here now now our eyes see saturationsand ears …
What Happens When the Church is Activated?
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8) In the book of Acts we read about how the Holy Spirit set the early believers ablaze for the work …
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A Prayer of Trust in Busyness
Motion blur traffic in city "As for me, I am like a green olive treein the house of God;my trust is in the tender mercy of Godfor ever and ever." (Psalm 52:9, Coverdale) Only You do I trust, my God,to be my refuge and strength—only You.Only You do I trust, my God,to bring me comfort …
Unhurry Your Life: a review of John Mark Comer’s ‘The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry’
I still remember the time I read a line that changed my life: “You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.”[1] I was a pastor in urban Milwaukee, working with college students. I was reluctantly leading student leaders through a study of John Ortberg’s popular book, The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary …
Matthew Erickson 