Tag: meaning

  • Tears as Prayers

    Tears as Prayers

    The full meaning of our tears always escapes us, but they are taken into the gracious love of God, in Christ.

  • Congregational Aesthetics – beyONd our walls (3/3)

    In this short blog series I’ve been exploring this question: What is the aesthetic profile of your congregation. Otherwise put: What do the artwork and architecture and liturgical accoutrements of your congregation reveal about its faith and identity? And how do they shape your faith and discipleship? In my first post I explored how we might respond to…

  • full and free

    Let me begin this morning with something a little unusual, perhaps – let me begin by asking about the difference between a thief and a robber. An unusual place to begin, yes, but as good a place as any, as we’ll soon see. As we think about the thief and the robber, we realize pretty…