Spiritual Disciplines Retreat
Leonard E. Hjalmarson, in his book Missional Spirituality, tells an old joke about a young man who stood in Times Square in New York City with a violin case under his arm. As a visitor to the Big Apple, he didn’t know his way around the vast city...
“Good News” of the Savior
GUEST POST BY BEKAH VICKERS
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the...
Celebrating the Advent of Christ | Guest Post by Bekah Vickers
When I think of the birth of Jesus, the representative image in my mind’s eye is always the flash of light that comes forth from the cave in the movie “The Nativity Story,” signaling the very first breath of the Christ child. Every time I see this film, I wait with eyes glued to the...
Reflections on the Spiritual Disciplines Retreat
Two weeks ago, we had our first Spiritual Disciplines Retreat for Adults, and I want to share some of my reflections of how I saw God at work:
1) God brought together an amazing group to experience the weekend
together. There were young and old. There were people that grew up in the church and those that...