As a much younger man I took a spin on the youth ministry speaking circuit. I spoke at conventions, conferences, chapels, camps, and retreats. It was an ill-fitting calling. I wasn't funny enough, spiritual enough, or charismatic enough. I had...
04.08.18
Practice Resurrection | John 20:19-31 Roger Nelson
Wendell Berry ~ poet-farmer-prophet ~ ends a poem entitled, "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" with this phrase:
Practice resurrection.
Practice resurrection.
I love that phrase, love that idea, love that...
04.01.18
Resurrection Revelation | John 20:1-18 Roger Nelson
We stand on the threshold of a great mystery.
Let's come at it this way…
Rocky and Julieta met as teen-agers in a café in Buenos Aires, shared a first kiss in September, and tied the knot the following April. They moved to Boston...