After enduring decades of Babylonian exile, the Israelites finally return to their homeland expecting the Temple’s glorious restoration and a return to milk and honey. But their easy fantasies of...
02.02.2017Read More
If you visit Haywood Street on a Tuesday morning, you’ll find lots of companions and friends in fellowship and serving together. Companions are sorting through clothes donations and organizing the Outfitter’s...
02.02.2017Read More
Miracles are rare. They’re to be exercised with great discretion, only used for the most utilitarian of purposes. The healing of a blind man who spent his life begging in...
01.26.2017Read More
A few years ago I visited a mega church. 10,000 plus members, sprawling campus, polished programming. After worship, I met with the pastor and just listened. He described his call...
01.13.2017Read More
Thanks to Leigh Siler, Elizabeth Propst, and Phoebe Propst for playing beautiful Christmas music at the Downtown Welcome Table this week! &nb...
12.22.2016Read More
Matthew begins his Gospel with a genealogy. Surprisingly, he doesn’t boast about the bloodline of a past patriarch or trace the lineage of a famous uncle, or show off a...
12.15.2016Read More
They rain on our parades; they obscure our vision; they represent ominous omens on the horizon. The weatherman never smiles while reporting a cloudy forecast. Clouds have a bad reputation. ...
11.03.2016Read More
In 1958, Clifton Hillegass and his wife started a publishing business in the basement of their Lincoln Nebraska home. They began with Shakespeare, explaining the great works of literature in...
10.27.2016Read More
