May 2009

Love & Hate in Suburbia

May 20, 2009

I was talking with an old friend on the phone yesterday. He’s a pastor in a context that he finds himself at odds with. We went over this for a while, and my encouragement was that as sojourners who have been sent by God to be his gospel witness we will have a love/hate relationship [...]

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A Thousand Words

May 19, 2009

Sunday night a few people from Redeemer Fellowship, The Church in DeKalb and Doxa Fellowship met up at The House Cafe to catch William Elliot Whitmore. Steve blogged about the show, so head over there and read up. Click the pic for a larger image.

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Jesus, Our Only Relief

May 13, 2009

Jesus is the best hiding place and covert from the tempest of an agitated conscience. When the lightning of conviction flashes upon the soul, and guilt with its thundering voice spreads its dark folds over the mind, no where but in Jesus can be found a covert from the bursting storm. To what other refuge [...]

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Story Chicago

May 11, 2009

A few months ago Steve McCoy and I (and a number of other pastors and thinkers) were a part of a creative meeting led by Ben Arment to talk about Ben’s idea for a conference that would stand out in our ever growing conference culture. Ben’s vision and enthusiasm are compelling and I love the [...]

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Theology Pub Tonight

May 6, 2009

photos by our own Brian Malcolm

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Best Book of ’09 – so far

May 1, 2009

Yesterday I asked via Twitter and Facebook, “What’s the best book you’ve read so far in 2009?” I got a pretty good response and thought I would share it on the blog. Some interesting stuff. Of course, some of these books received multiple votes (And don’t start slamming someone else’s pick). Here’s most of what [...]

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