In Conversation With Don Miller

Don Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What, To Own a Dragon and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years spoke at ACU Summit yesterday afternoon.  In his talk Don spun an interesting yarn, combining spiritual thoughts with his interests in the literary craft.  One of his big take-away lines was "the …

A Canuck in Texas

Reflections on four lovely days spent at ACU:  I know that There is Beyond the Azure Blue (728b) is the Church of Christ national anthem and Nashville is thought of as the Church of Christ Mecca but Abilene must be close.  If Nashville is our Mecca then Abilene is Medina. The bell tower chimed "Oh to be …

Mixed up Signs

This week I am in Abilene Texas enjoying the ACU Summit . It is a lecture series hosted by Abilene Christian University which has focused this year on the book of Exodus. The theme is "On the Mountain with God: An Exodus Expedition." Each of the keynote addresses is held in the Moody Coliseum which …

Picturing Church for a Change

Watch this first.  It's a conversation piece for people in marketing but it has something profound to say about church life: If you are in church leadership and that didn't shake you up then I don't think you were paying attention.  Churches don't exactly have a great record when it comes to dealing with change.  …

Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado

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