Ten reasons to pray for the pope
After people watched in suspense the smoke from the Vatican finally turned white signaling the emergence of a newly appointed pope to lead the Roman…
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Deep Christology for Easter Weekend
He hungered—yet He fed thousands. He thirsted—yet He exclaimed, “Whosoever thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” He was tired—yet He is the “rest”…
Something beyond song
After our Sunday services this weekend at Grace a number of people commented to me about A.W. Tozer’s essay, “Something beyond song.” Since the weight…
Jessica or Maddie?
A friend emailed me a recent photo of Maddie (my ten-year old) taken at a school function, and I was speechless when I saw it.…
Eustace and Aslan
“Strictly speaking he began to be a different boy…the cure had begun.” So ends the chapter in C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader…
Six ways to make people like you (with thanks to Dale Carnegie and John Maxwell)
This weekend at the Bridge (our Sunday evening service) Jessica and I will be continuing our March discussion on “conversation disconnect” where we’ve been evaluating…
Fix in times of peace what might break in times of war
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. That’s decent advice for some areas of our lives; however, when it comes to our key relationships there…
Do you see what you have or what you don’t have?
Where are you looking? It’s an important question because where we look determines what we see, and what we see determines how we feel about…
Goodbye Barbie!
The day I have always dreaded has come upon me. Maddie has officially said goodbye to Barbie. After years of immersion into Mattel’s world of…
Curing Eeyore
Eeyore, the old grey Donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water. “Pathetic,” he said. “That’s what it…