Out of the ashes comes the cry, “We will rebuild!” This was said after the mass murders in New York City on 9-11. It is said after devastating earthquakes and floods. And this week it was said after fire gutted Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. “We will...
Good Friday is upon us. As some have already noted, it came early to Notre Dame Cathedral. Since the fire on Monday over 600M euros have been pledged to rebuild the iconic structure. This great outpouring of support was initially hailed by the masses on social...
Jesus said to them ” My meat is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to finish his work.” -Matthew 4:34 When Paul calls out some Christians in Hebrews for still needing spiritual milk when they should be into meatier matters of faith, most of us...
Recently I had a team of students on mission in Central America. We were working in a country known for lot of gang influence and activity. On one particular day we were supposed to go to a prison, but were held up by government red tape and arrived about 2hrs later...
“Some things benefit from shocks. They thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors. Depriving complex systems of volatility, randomness, and stressors will harm them. They will weaken, die, or blow up.” -Antifragile,...
Once a month on a Tuesday night I take Kingswood students to prison to do a chapel service and minister to the inmates. Last year my students lead one of the largest, scariest prisoners to Christ. I cannot tell you his name, but I can describe him. He is a former...
“Just tell me what’s on the test!” In years past, this was the occasionally heard cry of the student. Now this request is a great deal more prevalent. In great part, it is the result of assumed cluttered lives and a public-school system that is, due to standardized...
What I’ve Been Reading: Matthew Friedman, Union with God in Christ: Early Christian and Wesleyan Spirituality as an Approach to Islamic Mysticism. American Society of Missiology Monograph Series, vol. 32. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2017). Have an interest...
At a recent denominational meeting, we were given Gaining by Losing by J. D. Greear (@jdgreear). Lead pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham (@SummitRDU), Greear writes as a highly effective ministry practitioner with a Ph.D. in systematic theology. The...
I’m delighted to announce that Rev. Erik Ireland will be our new Director of Kingswood Extended. Erik is currently on staff at Christ Wesleyan Church in Milton, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate from Houghton College and Asbury Theological Seminary and will soon...
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