Which dream?
How well has the American Dream worked out for you? Richard Stearns suggests that the great American Dream ultimately fails because it was never intended to be the end goal for our life. Although we are profoundly blessed to live…
Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Category The hole in our gospel
Not AWOL
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”[1] This quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently summarizes chapter…
Nonnegotiable commitments
One two-word phrase stood out to me from this week’s The Hole in our Gospel reading: “nonnegotiable commitments.”[1] What are yours? What are ours? Church calendars can become just as busy and overcrowded as individual and family calendars so amid…
A Tale of Two Churches
“The local church is the hope of the world.” Do you agree with that quote from Pastor Bill Hybels? Jesus did. He said, “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades—that’s every agenda that attempts to thwart God’s…
Finally, the good news
“It is possible to change the world’s realities.”[1] These hope-filled words from Richard Stearns aptly summarize this week’s chapter from the The Hole In Our Gospel. After necessarily presenting the horrendous plight of those who suffer from exploitation and extreme…