the ancient art of shalom

As a part of my recent class, “Worship and Music in the Faith Community,” we had a choice of some different assignments that we could do to fulfill the post-class requirements. One of them was to write a hymn. So I tried it. I’ve never done anything like this before. The whole . . . → Read More: Death Undone

I’m reading Tim Keller’s The Prodigal God, based on the parable of the lost son/elder brother and I came across this one section that I think succinctly captures the contrast between the two ways of living and a radical third way to live: by the gospel.

Jesus does not divide the world into the moral “good guys” . . . → Read More: A Powerful Parable

Today I walked through the shell of something that was once great. Stacey’s Bookstore on Market Street shut its doors last month, and I found myself walking through its doors today just to peek at the liquidation.  Three floors of books and magazines reduced to old computers, worn bookshelves, and odds and ends strewn about in . . . → Read More: Object Lessons from a Bookstore