Tis a gift to be simple … church
We hear a lot of complaints about the state of the church … but Jim Burklo wrote a piece recently profiling some beautiful churches …
http://tcpc.blogs.com/musings/2014/05/a-visit-to-thads.html
And I must say that in my travels, I keep running into beautiful congregations doing great things. There are more out there than you might think.
Last Sunday, I loved being at Mars Hill in Grand Rapids … There was a humble, reverent, enthusiastic joyful spirit, plus one of the most beautiful sets of worship songs I’ve heard in ages.
I was especially thrilled to see how my book Naked Spirituality has been a resource in a year-long engagement with “12 simple words.”
People posted simple expressions of thanks on blue post-its … They wrote simple expressions of “help” that were folded into birds and suspended from the ceiling … They even spray-painted graffiti expressions of “no” (rage and refusal) that were incorporated into a beautiful work of art. I posted photos over on my Facebook page (which I hope you’ll “like” if you haven’t already!).
Also on my Facebook page – a beautiful quote from a new book about church. Molly Phinney Baskette’s new book, Real Good Church, is brimming with hope and great ideas.
A cry from the heart for compassion, justice, peace, and equality in Gaza and Israel
June 23, 2025
"It is clear that the killing of over 1200 Israelis on October 7th of 2023 was unacceptable. But the killing of Palestinians after that
in the tens of thousands including women and children is not acceptable."
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