Progress To A Transformed Christian Life
Scot McKnight says that, "If the gospel isn't about transformation, it isn't the gospel of the Bible." The gospel I see the most in churches is a reduction to mere statements of belief. Words are important and our beliefs need to be verbalized and stated confidently and with conviction. But, what we truly believe is... Continue Reading →
When I was in college, I was part of a Summer Staff position at a Conference Center. Throughout the summer, we would have various activities among the staff. One of these activities was a Lip Sync contest. My buddies and I decided to enter and do a Rolling Stones song, "You Can't Always Get What... Continue Reading →
I like my schedule and I am a creature of routine. I have even shared my Morning Routine here on the blog. But, I have learned to be okay with my rather varied practices and to not be so rigid that I turn every morning into a legal practice that has success/failure outcomes. For example,... Continue Reading →
What am I to do? I am an introvert in a church tradition that adores extroverts and looks with suspicion on the quiet and the silent. I embrace the spiritual in a church tradition that has pushed more and more to the academic. I like to listen to my life for signs of God in... Continue Reading →
If you were present the last full day of our Gathering in California and looked over at me that afternoon, you would have seen tears flowing down my face. It was the only time that week that I had reached that level of emotion. I stood in the middle of the room. I turned to... Continue Reading →
Some people just can't handle it. An irritating person is in their Bible Study. A socially awkward man likes to speak up at all of the church meetings and eyes roll all over the room. A mentally disabled person makes weird noises at weird times and that is all people can think about as the... Continue Reading →
In a type of closing ceremony, on the final day of the final gathering of the Apprentice Experience in Sierra Madre, California, each of the participants got to say a few words about their experience in the program and then received a certificate. Here is what I said: I don't deserve the gift that AE... Continue Reading →
Random observations from 18 months of the Apprentice Experience: I have become a fan of Wichita, Kansas. I have the shirt to prove it. Not a bad smaller big city. I have always liked Scot McKnight. His blog is one of the best things on the internet. Getting to hear him speak on theology, Christology,... Continue Reading →
The re-launch of this blog started in May of 2016. It was rebranded Grow Up and I began to talk about issues of Christian maturity and Christlikeness. Also, I wanted to raise some funding to complete the Apprentice Experience (I should be in the picture from the link but I had left the day before the... Continue Reading →
You may not care a lick about Ash Wednesday and think people that would put ashes on their forehead or go without chocolate for 6 weeks are strange but let me challenge you anyway. There are six weeks until Easter. There are six weeks to get to know Christ, to understand who he is, why... Continue Reading →
Grow Up Blog 