Most of the time when I go through my daily prayers, I am alone, it is quiet, and I’m holding a cup of coffee. I walk around the house or maybe take…
A New Place to Pray
October 23, 2020
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Luke’s Gospel of Reversal … and the table.
October 15, 2020
Recently, my parents moved in with us. Yep, you read that right. There have certainly been challenges of integrating two households—How could there not be?—but there have also been enormous benefits. One…
Prayer, patience, persistence, persuasion
October 8, 2020
A couple weeks ago we looked at Acts 17:16-34, when Paul was in Athens. He preached open-air style in the Areopagus, a rocky outcropping where all the latest TED talk speakers of…
On faithful generosity
October 1, 2020
We started our capital campaign last week. Some of you have been through quite a few of these, and for others this is your very first one. I said on Sunday that…
To Attend or Not to Attend?
September 24, 2020
Last Sunday we had a wonderful worship service with the Franklin Church congregation who graciously hosted us all summer. It was our final outdoor service, which means that this Sunday at 10a…
The Gospel of Reversal … and a ‘friend of God’
September 18, 2020
Hello NAPC friends. In my seminary studies right now (and by extension, in much of my personal reading time), I am working through the Gospel according to Luke. This book, the longest…