Off duty
Even though I’ve been writing my thesis, I’ve technically been on vacation this past week. That means that I was off duty at church this morning.
We ended up at Bramalea
Oops, my sermon just went anthro
No preacher sets out to be anthropocentric. It usually happens when preachers try to be relevant by crossing the gap between the world of Scripture and the world of today, but fail to
Preaching to felt needs
One of the reasons sermons become anthropocentric is that they set out to address felt needs. This approach can lead us into trouble because, according to Will Willimon, we live in a culture
Writing’s not so hard
I’m on day four of writing my thesis, and right on target, having completed 37 draft pages as of last night. By the time I go to work next week, I hope
Models of church leadership
I was struck yesterday as I re-read N.T. Wright’s The Last Word on the importance of something that’s in danger of being lost in today’s models of church leadership: