Pastoral Work: Engagements with the Vision of Eugene Peterson, edited by Jason Byasee and L. Roger Owens. Cascade Books: Eugene, Oregon, 2014. 206 pages. A-: While Eugene Peterson’s vision of the pastoral office has been influential to many, there has been little scholarly engagement with it. This book fills that void with a collection of... Continue Reading →
Sermon: The Bread of Life
Father, may your Word be our rule, your Holy Spirit our teacher, and the glory of Jesus Christ our single concern. Amen. Who is Jesus? Rather than gather information from the glossy pages of Time, this Lenten season, as we prepare to approach the cross and resurrection of Jesus, we will be letting Jesus answer... Continue Reading →
Sermon: The Ships of Tarshish
In The Last Battle, the concluding book of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, heaven comes crashing into earth. Aslan, the Christ-figure, returns and the characters see him face-to-face, and those who respond with joy are invited into the wide open country of salvation. And what they discover is that this salvation land, this redemption country,... Continue Reading →
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