March 29, 2013
“Silence is golden,” so they say, but I say, “Silence is often misunderstood.” When I was in elementary school, my neighborhood friends and I would observe three hours of silence, from noon -3 p.m., as a means of reflecting on Jesus’ crucifixion. If memory serves me well, the hours felt more like punishment than pondering the meaning of the cross. Our hours of silence felt like an eternity and were riddled with distractions of hunger pangs (“Can we at least eat silently?”), clock watching (“Is it over yet?”), and…
March 15, 2013
If you have been joining us in reading Tim Keller’s, King’s Cross, then you might remember the chapter about Jesus’ encounter with a man who thought he knew how to love.
In chapter 10, Mark tells the story of Jesus meeting someone who has come to be known as “the rich young man”. However he is known, as the rich young man or the man who thought he knew how to love, he was interested in how to gain eternal life. In the account we see that the man…
March 1, 2013
March 1st already?? How does that happen? We are already beginning our third month of 2013 and as we continue in our book of the month challenge, we have chosen Tim Keller’s King’s Cross. Since Easter is March 31st, we felt that this was a terrific choice to prepare our hearts to encounter the King of the cross!
When Tim Keller first released his book, John Piper said, “My oldest daughter compares Tim Keller to Pixar: when they both release new material, you just know it’s going to be great.”…
“Silence is golden,” so they say, but I say, “Silence is often misunderstood.” When I was in elementary school, my neighborhood friends and I would observe three hours of silence, from noon -3 p.m., as a means of reflecting on Jesus’ crucifixion. If memory serves me well, the hours felt more like punishment than pondering the meaning of the cross. Our hours of silence felt like an eternity and were riddled with distractions of hunger pangs (“Can we at least eat silently?”), clock watching (“Is it over yet?”), and…