If you have worshipped with us on Sunday and glanced over the back page of our order of worship, you may have spotted these words: “Christ Covenant seeks to worship God in Hernando as a missional community that is committed to love, train, and serve others in Jesus Christ.” My aim in this brief blog post is to shed some light on exactly what we mean by ‘missional community’ and clear up any mental fogginess that may be lingering in your mind.  I’m a fan of clarity, so hopefully our definition of ‘missional community’ will not muddy the waters any...

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SOME THOUGHTS AFTER READING Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just By Timothy Keller  (Dutton, 2010)      If you read a new book in the New Year, I strongly encourage you to take a look at Generous Justice by Tim Keller. It is this librarian’s first must-read of 2011 – I listened to it in the car on New Year’s Day! (Yes, for those of you who are “too busy to read,” it is also available in an audio version). However, I have not stopped thinking about its message and implications since the last CD whirred to a stop....

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Spoiler Alert:  If you have yet to see the latest tale from Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and you would prefer to see it for yourself before discovering some of the great lessons, then pick another blog.  If however, the richness of the Chronicles of Narnia will not be lost on you whether you see the movie, read the books, enjoy this blog, or all of the above, then read on. C.S. Lewis died on the same day that JFK was assassinated, which means that the world took no notice of the passing of one of the great...

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    The central truth of Christianity is this:  God has invaded this planet.  The very one who fashioned galaxies, comets, and other cosmic wonders walked among us.  He ate and slept; he worked and played; he laughed and cried; he was born, and he died.  As we approach Christmas Day, our minds turn to the events that transpired in a manger in Bethlehem, when a little boy breathed his first breath and began to cry.  In a world filled with inherited selfishness, this cry was a signal that pride would eventually die.  God, who needs no one, had willingly become...

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I don’t always know how to put into words what is going on in my head, but here goes. I have three children all 16 years or less and, of course, still living at home. Two of the three children have given testimony that they are believers in the gospel of Christ. I’ve been praying for the redemption of the other one. But I had this conflict of thoughts. I knew that God chooses to save whomever He chooses and that His choice is apart from our performance. But because of my love for all of my children, I was...

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