We are citizens of heaven, but we live on earth
I wrote this letter for my friend Rick Rangler. He’s been sober a long time and we’re still proud. Do you remember when you first gave yourself to Christ?…
Revelation 3.1b-6
I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left…
Sadly, the institutional church can still function as a repository of darkness
This letter is for Joe Manafo, a friend of mine who pastors in Saskatchewan. If there are kindred spirits, then Joe belongs to us. At first I thought I…
The church empowers our efforts to heal the world
This letter was written to Ricky Olmos—musician, photographer, reporter, and sometime entrepreneur. Anyone can see you’ve got an eye for the city. There’s something inside you that longs for…
Isaiah 49.14-19a
Yet your city says, “The Lord has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child…
We live as the City in the city
This letter is for Cheryl Burch, who loves her children, loves her husband, loves her church, and is loved in return. In spades! You haven’t been around church like…
The church is the closest we’ll get in this life to the City of God amidst the cities of men
Mike Frye-Henderson is my Land-Rover-loving, bass-guitar-building, long-grey-beard-growing, Jesus-friend. This one’s for him. You’ve been around church long enough to have seen a few things that likely turned your stomach….
Isaiah 44.1-5
But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, my land my chosen one. The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant,…
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