Category: simple church
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why I’m old fashioned (when it comes to churchy things)
One day after a lesson on church history, a youth from our community said: “Robert, you like really old stuff a lot, don’t you?” I replied, “The older, the better.” See, for me, when it comes to cultivating a spiritual life or a religious practice, I think that older is usually better. I believe the […]
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a mustard seed faith, why smaller is actually better
Luke 17:5-10 The disciples said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 7“Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from […]
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on the value of being lost
from the reflection Sunday at simple church. cultivating calm, centered, compassionate lives. it’s helpful if you read Luke 15:1-10 The setting for these stories that Jesus tells, of a lost sheep and a lost coin, is a confrontational moment where Jesus is responding to some Pharisees about his preference for dinner companions. The text says […]
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learning to live and love intentionally
Simple church exists to cultivate calm, centered and compassionate lives by following a rule of life. As we enter into this fall and we re-launch our evening worship at 5pm on Sunday weekly (starting Sunday, September 11th), I thought it might be helpful to revisit what it means to live by a rule of life. […]
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why I take the Bible seriously
A couple weeks ago I had a wonderful conversation with a bright and thoughtful young man about the Bible, faith, art, and existentialism. It was one of those moments when I thought, ‘Boy I must have the coolest job ever.’ He asked some really deep questions about life, the nature of reality and the purpose […]