Category Spiritual Markers

Shelley had a great post in response to a friend’s question. I started to respond there as a comment, but it became so long, that I thought I’d bring it over to Notes. It all started as a simple entry…

I’m really excited about this fall at Journey as we begin a focus centered around the themeFacing the Giants. The movie is an incredible film about faith, failure, and of course, football. Our small groups will start next Wednesday evening,…

David Platt brought another deeply authoritative and challenging message from scripture on Tuesday night. It was after this message that I approached David and Landon and asked for a visit which they so graciously gave. David launched from Acts 3.1-10:…

I stumbled across this prayer in Phillip Yancey’s book Prayer. It’s written by Scottish theologian and professor John Baillie (1886-1960) in his Diary of Private Prayer: Teach me, O God, so to use all the circumstances of my life today…

I heard David Platt speak for the first time last night during worship at Collegiate Week Glorieta. At 29, Platt is a dynamic and powerful communicator, but it’s not because he’s “hip,” “relevant,” or “connected” – all descriptors that seem…

Well, the day is not even half over, but I had to post during our free time this afternoon. Landon Dowden, New Orleans Baptist Seminary grad and pastor/planter of Crosspoint Church in Baton Rouge, LA is one of our speakers…

I don’t remember the term “spiritual warfare” being used much in the churches I grew up in, and I was a three-time-a-weeker. However, there have been times in my adult life and ministry that I’ve been very well aware –…

I’ve got a great friend from college, Andy Dean, who is a videographer in Memphis. He’s been involved in an extensive and exciting new project called City on a Hill Productions. He sent me an email this evening alerting me…

Still reading Phillip Yancey’s incredible book entitled simply and descriptively, Prayer. Part Three of the book has produced more reflection and insight than the first two parts (there are five total parts). Yancey summarizes the Lord’s Prayer by saying that…