Yesterday Jake's travel team went out to Bloomfield for a double header. It was a long hot day, but the boys did incredibly well. The played up a level - we're a team of 7's & 8's with two 9 yr. olds, and we played teams with 8's and mostly 9's. In addition, it was … Continue reading Spiritual Lessons from Baseball 2
Toxic Idea
For the summer I'm leading the Connexion study on "Toxic Ideas" - ideas/presuppositions we've swallowed, often knowingly and usually uncritically. Last Thursday we looked at the idea prevalent in our iPhone obsessed culture that newer is always better, thinking through several key passages that command us to remember and hold onto the past and the Tradition … Continue reading Toxic Idea
Spiritual Lessons from Baseball
Okay, so I spend inordinate amounts of the spring, summer and even fall on a baseball field. We pretty much live there for four months. Last week: three practices on Saturday plus a double header in Bloomfield, two games on Tuesday night, one on Wednesday night, then a tournament Saturday/Sunday in Jasper. Don't get me … Continue reading Spiritual Lessons from Baseball
Double!!!
For grandparents who don't get to come to games, here's a look at Jake's double down the right field line. Forgive the cameraman. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLDz_7aNe10
Destinations Inside Evangelicalism and Some Outside
The most recent issue of Modern Reformation is gripping. The March/April issue contains half a dozen or so articles from and interviews with people who have left evangelicalism for various other options; hence the cover title 'Exit'. These got me thinking, not only about where I'd go if I left but why I have not … Continue reading Destinations Inside Evangelicalism and Some Outside
God Entranced 