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04.08.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Pediatrician, Dr. Robert Hamilton, founder of Pacific Ocean Pediatrics in Santa Monica, California, hosts a winsome podcast in which he...
How (Difficult) Conversations Work
04.06.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Professor Darrell Bock writes, “Difficult conversations don’t have to be things to fight through; they may become moments where iron really does sharpen...
04.02.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
It’s Good Friday. I suspect that many of my neighbors (and yours) have no idea. I may be wrong. Was there a time when you could greet...
04.01.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Historically, a Maundy Thursday celebration was a short, simple gathering of the church in worship, followed by an austere meal together. The...
Helpful Primer on Cultural Engagement
03.30.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Late last year, Darrell Bock published an introductory book on a topic he has been writing about for years. Dr. Bock teaches at Dallas Theological Seminary (faculty bio) and writes prolifically...
03.26.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I received this article from a member of our Missions Committee. In it I read about Swedish missionaries, David and Svea Flood. To N’dolera, in present day Democratic Republic of...
03.25.21 | Shepherding | by John Jones
Easter is here. Again. It was here five years ago, too. And ten years ago. It does seem to keep coming. I’ve been reading a short anthology of essays by people from the world of business; they mostly write about how to be business-y...
03.25.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Many thanks to Russell St. John at World Magazine for some skilled reporting. He exposes a tendency behind Barna researchers in the way they frame their questions. In Questioning the Survey, St. John asks us...
03.23.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Progressive sanctification teaches that our Christian growth and maturity take place over time, progressively. Sometimes this growth is loud (i.e. very evident) and sometimes this growth is almost crickets (i.e. barely...
03.20.21 | Shepherding | by John Jones
At church please pick up a copy of our Holy Week Reading Guide. This guide has been prepared to help you follow the events of the last week of Jesus before His death on the cross. The week begins Saturday evening when Jesus and His disciples...
