IWS student Chris Antill died yesterday of congestive heart failure. He was a member of the Alpha 2 class. There will be a memorial service at First United Methodist Church in Ft. Walton Beach, FL this Saturday, November 16, at 11 AM. The church is located at 103 First St, SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL,...Read More
The current crisis of the church is that many define it out of the world’s narrative. In recent years the church has become a business, with Jesus as the commodity to be marketed and advertised. . . . While [this approach] has resulted in numbers, it struggles to form depth. . . . Churches formed...Read More
When we situate spirituality in ourselves and not God’s divine embrace, we feel responsible to nourish our own spirituality. . . . When we situate spirituality in God’s embrace, the church and its worship are seen as sources that nourish the spiritual life, not by what the church and its worship demand of us but...Read More
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous...Read More
We are not spiritual because we practice the disciplines or use pious words but because we are united to Jesus who has restored our union with God. So our goal is never to become spiritual but to live out the spirituality we have in Jesus through the choices that spring forth from continually living in...Read More
Christ is the embodied story of God, the one in whom God became human and showed us what humanity was intended to be. The faithful life is the life that seeks to live the Jesus way. The vow of fidelity means you can count on me to be Jesus to you. And when I fail,...Read More
Seminar with Dr. John Witvliet, January 13-14, 2014 Ever and Always a Teacher: Worship Ministry, Christian Formation, and Everyday Discipleship Download, fill out, and mail this registration document to the address printed at the bottom of the form. Or, register online. Worship Seminar Mail-inRegistration FormRead More
Rebellion against God has always taken the form of self-love and self-interest. . . . When we live in the pattern of self-interest, very little thought is given to living in the pattern of death and resurrection. The self-love of narcissism is one of the greatest problems we face today. -Robert E. Webber, The Divine...Read More
Here is the deep rhythm of the spiritual life: a baptism into death to sin and resurrection to a new life made possible only by the divine embrace of God, who in his incarnation became one of us to take into himself the curse of sin and death on the hard wood of the cross...Read More
