I invite you to join the conversation for the sermon series Seeing Gray: Faith Morality and Politics in a Black and White World at Resurrection: Post your video responses or opinions at the Seeing Gray YouTube Channel. Join the conversation with Adam Hamilton around the topics in this series. Week 1 – Invitation Week 1 […]
Category: faith
First off – Rock Chalk Jayhawk K-U! I watched the second half of the Orange Bowl last night and watched Kansas beat Virginia Tech 24-21. It was great to see a team from the state of Kansas win in a BCS bowl. Good times 🙂 There were amazing changes of momentum in the game from […]
I preached this weekend at the 5:00 PM services on Saturday and Sunday night. The text was Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the magi visiting Jesus. After the Saturday night service, a man from the congregation asked about the historical basis for the story of the wise men. He pointed out that I spoke of […]
Today I hope that you had a very merry Christmas and I want to give you a special invitation: The January sermon series at Resurrection will be Seeing Gray: Faith, Morality and Politics in a Black and White World. We are trying something similar to the CNN / YouTube debates. A YouTube Channel has been […]
This past weekend, Adam Hamilton challenged the congregation in the sermon to give 10 minutes each day until Christmas to spend time with God in prayer, studying scripture and listening to God. I accepted this challenge. I usually take time to read scripture and pray in the morning for at least 10 minutes, so the […]
Categories
Revolution
I recently completed Revolution by George Barna. Up front I want to say that I did read it interspersed across several weeks and did not soak in the message of the book perhaps as well as if I had read the book in a more concentrated time. Nevertheless, I want to provide my thoughts on […]
Categories
How do you get 20-somethings to church?
This is a great question that I received from a Resurrection member with whom I spoke after worship on Sunday morning. I recognize that the answer to this question will be significantly different depending on the particular congregation, the context in which the church exists, the current make up of the congregation and many other […]
Earlier this week a member of the congregation shared a story of God’s call in the life of a member of her family. I was inspired by the story. It is encouraging to hear stories of God’s call in the life of another and it can serve as a reminder of one’s own call. I […]
It was a good bus trip yesterday. I am actually blogging on the bus this morning. That’s right, Clif Guy, IT extraordinaire set us up with a rolling hotspot. Sweet! You can check out some pictures from yesterday on my Flickr stream. We stopped at the self-proclaimed “World’s Largest Truck Stop” in Iowa for lunch […]
Categories
“I am no longer Jason Bourne.”
This quote is from The Bourne Ultimatum which I have seen twice in the theaters. (Yes, I think it is that good.) I have enjoyed each of the films, beginning with The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy. The films trace the story of a man who is seeking his true identity. Along the narrative, […]
Categories
Is there salvation outside the church?
This question has a lot of implications and follow up questions for me. For example: Who or what is salvation? Who or what is the church? What does it mean to be “outside the church?” With the possibility of leaving those and other subsidiary questions unanswered, here goes… I believe that there is salvation outside […]
I want to answer this question and avoid generalizations. There have been different interpretations across time about what the Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven is and when or how it may be present or coming. Each of us may have our own nuanced interpretation of what the Kingdom of God may be or […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 