“What are you giving up for Lent?” That’s often a question we hear this time of year. The Lenten Season kicked off yesterday with Ash Wednesday. During Lent Christians all over the world choose to give something up during the 40 days leading up to Easter. This practice reflects the time Jesus spent in theRead more
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This is an updated version of last year’s Ash Wednesday post. Today Christians all around the world will don an ash cross on their forehead in celebration of Ash Wednesday. I grew up in a Baptist church and don’t have a very liturgical or traditional background. Until a few years ago I didn’t even knowRead more
Mardi Gras is dumb. People are free to give themselves over to gluttony and debauchery. The life to which Jesus calls us is much better and that’s the life I think everyone should live. But people can still choose celebrate Mardi Gras how they like, giving into every desire and not denying their flesh. ButRead more
We have been going through The Story with our junior high students. The Story is the Bible told in story form, like a novelization of God’s word. This weekend our story came out of Daniel. Our lesson focused on the fiery furnace and Daniel in the lions’ den. Those are two classic Bible stories thatRead more
It’s already the end of February, which is a little hard to believe. We’re two months into the year and The Lego Movie has been the best nerdy movie so far. Perhaps one of these nerdy movies coming out this spring will have a chance to top the awesome adventures of Emmett, Batman and company.Read more
Imagine if you were the first person in your church to read the book of Revelation. You’re just a first century Christian, trying to figure out what it means to follow someone who had been alive a few decades earlier. Then you get to read Revelation, a letter that encourages you and tells you howRead more