Check out our new newsletter, First. Why "First"? You'll have to read it to find out: If you want to download a copy to read later or share with a friend, you can click here: First - Advent! Or check out the fully embedded version. Want to help with the next one? We need …
Living
A Vision of Formation: Walking Through Fire
For several weeks, we’ve heard a gospel of endurance and serving those who suffer. We were taken back to an early teaching, to the Sermon on the Mount. We heard Jesus preach ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be …
A Vision of Formation: Jesus and the Disciples
I've always marveled at the disciples’ willingness to follow Jesus from the beginning. We read that Jesus came to the disciples and they dropped everything and followed him. We read this dropping everything quite literally: Andrew and Simon actually drop their fishing nets and leave it all …