We just got back from our first marriage retreat with our home church, Bethlehem Baptist. It was so rich with help, grace, and hope. Guest speaker, Paul Tripp, provided marriage saving perspective as well as an unbelievable sense of humor! We laughed, cried, hung out with other couples, and spent quality time together and with other couples. Continue reading
(Read from Impact20 – 20 somethings ministry at Elmbrook Church, Brookfield, Wi)
Pot-shot positions, groundless assertions and single-issue zealotry deserve little attention and less respect.
It took me a few years to recognize this, a few more to admit it.
The discussions I was a part of … challenged me to create a more intentional, coherent vision of our community by identifying strengths and pleasant eccentricities and building on these a vision of people living differently.
Those strengths most salient and valuable lay within the non-monetary, inherently egalitarian public sphere: public parks, downtown farmers’ markets, community concerts, ethnic and cultural celebrations, the library and any sidewalk or street not ruled de facto by the automobile. Continue reading
