Earlier today, Relevant Magazine tweeted the following: I want to add two to their list: Military Analogies. When I was part of a team trainning and coaching potential church planters, there were some who loved to show video clips of Private Ryan…or other battle scences. This is not to downplay the spiritual battle that is…
Tag: teaching
Rethinking Sermons
I’ve been thinking a lot about sermons lately. While it might seem strange to spend time thinking about for most people, preparing and delivering messages (teachings, sermons, or whatever we happened called them) was a huge part of my life from 1989 until about 2012. In 2012 we moved from Ithaca to Dublin, and sermons…
Hearing God’s Voice
Hearing Jesus’ voice has been a topic that has come up a lot. Thought I’d put something together that I could point people to. It’s bit longer than I was hoping, but you can speed it up and cut the time in half!
I Wanted It To Be True
A few years ago I was on retreat and part of the event included a trip to Glendalough, which is one of my favourite places in Ireland. While there, the retreat leader (not Irish) said that Irish monastic cities had low walls compared to monasteries in the rest of Europe. While the walls on the…
Random Thoughts on a Tuesday
Around mid-May I was asked to share on an upcoming Sunday at the church Liz and I are part of, Icon Community. I was excited to do it, but I stressed about preparing it far more than I should have. And I spent more time on it than I should have.