National Day of Listening

“The mission of StoryCorps is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.” Last week at my mother’s birthday lunch, I listened to my Grandpa Grubbs tell us about making sorghum molasses when he was in high school. It was a fascinating story I had never heard before. Then this weekend, the Nickerson family gathered to celebrate Grandma Mary’s 90th birthday. I...

SCOUTING THE DIVINE by Margaret Feinberg

Most of my readers know I’m a big Margaret Feinberg fan. Scouting the Divine is another favorite. I actually listened to the audio version of the book read by Feinberg, a great touch considering the personal nature of this book. If you follow her on Twitter, you’ll even notice, like I did, when she was fighting that cold because her voice gets deeper. (Stalker material, I know.) This memoir-like journey...

Reflections on STORY: Part 2 – John Ortberg

I’ve been teaching from John Ortberg’s book The Life You’ve Always Wanted for several years. I use it in complement to Gary Thomas’ book The Glorious Pursuit. Between the two of them, I have created an introduction course to Christian spiritual disciplines where our success is measured not by the length of our devotional time but by growth in the practice of the virtues demonstrated in...

Reflections on STORY: Part 1 – THE VOICE

It is always nice to wait a few days after an exciting event and see which elements of the day stick with you, hang onto your thoughts and won’t let go until you’ve visited with them for awhile. One very specific message from Story is definitely doing that for me. In one of the general sessions, pastor Chris Seay introduced the Bible translation called The Voice. Here is a short clip of Seay speaking (it...