- Higher Grounds I’m back in Smalltown, MD after my trip to Onething, and I’m taking fizzy Airborne tablets to fight the oncoming symptoms of flu-gunk. (The teacher-invented fizz of Echinacea and C tastes surprisingly nice.) And then I get this friendly email from Amazon telling me how I should get Len Sweet’s new book, The Gospel According […]
- Onething or Nothing I’m writing from Kansas City, at the International House of Prayer. Tomorrow I’m joining 10,000+ young adults for a three-day gathering of worship, prayer, and fasting to bring in the New Year. Onething is known for being a massive welcoming of the Holy Spirit. For me this is a time of re-focusing on the One. […]
- How to Spend $15 @ Borders Today I received a $15 Christmas gift card to Borders (thanks Ernest and Tammy!). Since I only have t-minus 20 days until my next Fuller-online class, I decided I needed to make this non-academic reading purchase pronto. I brought a stack of books to my table to peruse, grabbed a cup of Seattle’s (probably not […]
- How to Rest in America – part 2 (Continued notes-to-self from this post: How to Rest in America – part 1) 18. Read the international news.19. Learn some new songs.20. Sketch things in a little book. (You used to do that as a kid. You forgot how much you like to do that.)21. Sleep long enough to remember your dreams.22. When you wake […]
- As Storm Clouds Gather I have often been moved by books that slip under the radar screen of popular approval. (In fact, I tend to duck from those ones. I’m a little stubborn and prideful, I know.) This book is one of those quiet messengers: “As Storm Clouds Gather: A Sleeping Church Must Be Awakened,” by Jim Maher. I […]