Originally published on Lost Art of Gentlemanly Leadership. Reprinted with permission.   I never meant to start SmokedMaple BBQ. What happened is, I had a hobby that became a lifeline. Slowing me down and giving me life. I started smoking Texas BBQ because I wanted something to do with my hands. What I didn’t expect…

The God of Israel does something no other ancient deity does: He makes promises and stakes his name on keeping them. The gods of the nations make demands. This God enters covenant. He puts his reputation on the line. And then he makes promises that are, by every human measure, absurd.

Creativity: How do we nurture it? How do we foster it? How do we pursue it, and if our creativity has run dry, how do we recover it? These were the questions I explored while on sabbatical. Now that I’m back, there are two practices that I have continued that have been oh so helpful.…

Dustin+ Messer (All Saints Dallas) and David+ Larlee (St. Bartholomew) discuss reasons why the Alpha program is a helpful tool for churches.  

David+ Larlee, rector of St. Bartholomew’s in Dallas, shares ways the Holy Spirit fills in the gap between our minds and our hearts.

When we use the gift of prophecy to mine the treasure inside of someone made in the image of God, a major shift begins to take place in him or her. That person is introduced to a heavenly perspective on their life.

"It is my heartfelt conviction that the Alpha course is a tool Jesus is using to transform culture and society. Hospitality and listening have become a primary way in which Jesus is making himself known to those who don’t know him." David+ Larlee

David+ Larlee, Winter Conference 2017

For those in our midst who care about, but don’t really understand, the unrelenting obstacles and grief faced by families caring for a loved one struggling with a mental illness, Sparks of Redemptive Grace reveals an incredibly personal glimpse into what goes on in homes and hearts when dealing with a mental disorder.

Lent is an opportunity to re-center ourselves on the grace and mercy of God. That life might be brought into sharper focus as we consider Christ's journey to the cross.