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Lenten Reflections: Baring the Soil of My Soul

By Guest | March 14, 2019 | Celebrate | from the pew, Lent, parishioner, Text

As we approach Lent, I examine myself. I am unable to deny that I am a dirty saint, a messy image-bearer, a broken disciple. This would be troubling if not for the gospel of grace that wipes away the dirt, cleans up the mess and smooths the sharp places of my broken edges.

Lenten Reflections: Preparation for Celebration

By Guest | March 11, 2019 | Celebrate | Lauren Balfour, Lent, parishioner, Repentance, Text

Lent in particular is a season for preparation, for repentance. Reflection on our own brokenness and the fallen state of our world leads to repentance, asking God for his mercy to come and to do what only he can—make us whole and make things right.

Lenten Reflections: A Season of Honesty

By Guest | March 5, 2019 | Celebrate | 1 Peter 1:25, Joel 2:12-14, Lent, Mark 1:12-15, parishioner, Proverbs 4:23, Psalm 51, Psalm 73:26, reflections, Text

During the Lenten season, the great thing is when you lay down your shortcomings and failures, you’re able to pick up something greater. To each person it’s something different.

Three Streams: A Template for Identity and Worship

By Guest | September 20, 2018 | Anglicanism, Church Planting, Evangelism and Outreach, Three Streams

The three streams are a convergent force for our times. Can ancient guides like the Creeds and the Book of Common Prayer be a doorway to innovation?

St. Bartholomew’s – Called Forth Into Being

By Guest | July 19, 2018 | AMiA Churches, Church Planting | church-planting, Dallas, naming, St. Bartholomew's, Text

Over time, I began to find myself in this name, St. Bartholomew. I had felt led to this church out of a desperate need to be refreshed, to be allowed to engage in the seasonality and patient process of becoming who God has created me to be.

Come and See, Go and Tell Part 2

By Guest | January 26, 2018 | Evangelism and Outreach, Spiritual Growth | Cherith FeeNordling, Winter Conference 2018

Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling Dr. Nordling, an Associate Professor of Theology at Northern Seminary in Chicago, was one of the plenary speakers at AMiA’s 2018 Winter Conference.

Come and See, Go and Tell PART 1

By Guest | January 25, 2018 | Evangelism and Outreach, Spiritual Growth | Cherith FeeNordling, Winter Conference 2018

Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling, Winter Conference 2018 Dr. Nordling is an Associate Professor of Theology at Northern Seminary in Chicago, and was one of the plenary speakers at AMiA’s 2018 Winter Conference.