Taste and See - Christian Mindfulness
On January 12, 2007 on a Washington D.C. subway platform, something amazing and beautiful happened. Over the course of about 45 minutes, the famous concert violinist Joshua Bell performed several classical masterpieces for everyone present. Thousands of people had the opportunity to enjoy a free concert that normally…
The Mask
The beautiful thing about figurative language is how it can capture a person’s imagination, and how it can serve as an invitation to a different way of understanding something particularly abstract through the use of symbolism. Figurative language is also the only way to describe the indescribable.
The Language of Worship
How do you see the world?
There is a well-known Indian fable called “The Blind Men and the Elephant.” In this story, six different blind men each encounter an elephant, and being blind, they try to identify the elephant through touch.
What is Worship?
What is Christian worship?
You may try to answer that question with how you worship. “I worship by singing with a praise band and lifting my arms high in the air.” “I worship by singing from a hymnal with an organ and choir.” I worship by…
The Beauty of Grief
In September of 2016, NBC released a new TV series that would become one of the most watched and loved series on television. It was called “This Is Us.” Maybe you’ve heard of it?
Remembrance
In my last semester of the MDiv program at Campbell University Divinity School, I read a book called The Sacred Journey, an autobiography/memoir written by Frederick Buechner. It is the story of Buechner’s life and journey of faith, meant to inspire the reader …