A Review of Brennan Manning’s Memoir: All Is Grace

I first heard Brennan Manning speak twenty years ago at a college chapel. He bounced around the stage with a shock of white hair and the most God-awful Scotch-plaid sport coat ever blended in a mill, with polyester green pants to match. I remember his illustration of an old preacher who delivered a defining moment […]

The Mystery of the Word

Genesis begins with God speaking the world into existence… “Let there be…” The Gospel of John echoes the story of Genesis in it’s first line: “In the beginning was the Word.” Somehow, before the creation of everything, there were the Words of God. Norman Maclean, in his novella A River Runs through It, writes that […]

Does the Good News Meet Consumer Demands? (Maybe we all need a jesus tattoo)

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…” I visited a church for a kids’ sports awards ceremony recently. The young pastor at the front faced a room full of strangers who were waiting impatiently with cameras to see their child get a trophy. He promised us that he only needed five minutes of […]