Christmas Party Time

We feel blessed, once again this year, to share in the party we call Christmas. It’s amazing how almost everyone is touched by the cultural impact of the original story of Christmas—the birth of Jesus to an ordinary young woman of Nazareth in Israel about 2025 years...

A New Paradigm for Church

I’ve been reading, thinking, and praying a lot recently about the nature of the local church in relation to God’s larger kingdom work.  And I think I agree with those who say we need a new way of thinking about the local church.  It’s true that the...