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 Christian life is not an easy thing,” admits Malcolm McGregor, a member of St. Bartholomew’s in Dallas. And yet, he adds, “It’s worth investigating; it’s worth pursuing; it’s worth going deeper. And sometimes poetry helps us to do that.” This idea runs through the three Lenten poems Malcolm recently composed: “Ash Wednesday,” “Lent Beckons”…

Beyond the Jordan lies the wilderness, From waters of baptism steeped in mud, Go, follow fast on him, if life one dares possess.

Lent beckons all, as kneeling penitent, Faith smelted by consuming fire, combust, The dross, annealing joy forged from lament.

From dust you came, to dust you shall return, Short mortal life the blink of one’s eyelash: But in this knowledge deep, eternal life discern.

Jesus goes to extreme measures to reach us with his love. This is radical hospitality. He calls us to do the same by carrying His Presence to others.

How can the Church encourage conversations about mental health? It’s a question that All Saints Dallas has been asking for several years, says Guy+ Delcambre, Associate Pastor of Arts and Pastoral Care. This question has had numerous answers, including inviting church members to share testimonies of how God has worked amid mental health struggles. “We…

By Ruthie Buescher, Communications Coordinator for Grace Northridge Anglican Church Participants are sitting crossed-legged, some kneeling. A few are lying down on their backs or sides. One is standing, swaying a bit from side to side. Silence reigns, broken only by the occasional deep breath or cleared throat. This is a movement and prayer workshop,…

The Christian response to politics is to be the Church through the power of the Holy Spirit: a living, breathing community, set apart by its love of God and pouring out to the world. It is the first fruits of the new Kingdom of God.

As we were planning the ministry year we believed that we needed some kind of space where we could not only have conversation around important but controversial topics, but also where we could learn how to have those kinds of conversations. It was not enough to have difficult conversations; we wanted to provide people with the tools to have those conversations in distinctly Christian ways.