History, Real Life, and Faith
Becoming Elisabeth Elliot is the title and subject of Ellen Vaughn’s new authorized biography. This is my official reaction: I am undone. Ellen Vaughn’s Becoming Elizabeth Elliot is the best book I’ve read in a long time. I’m an admitted fan; I’ve written half a dozen blog posts about Elliot’s influence on my life, but this biography is so beautifully…
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Why everyone should write a spiritual memoir
A camp meeting was a seminal feature of Protestant Christianity for a time in the United States. But what were they? Opportunities for Christians in a community to gather and worship God. Folks would come together to hear Biblical teachings, to mingle, and to be refreshed. They were particularly important in frontier days. Early camp meetings The first camp meeting…
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“What challenges have you faced recently and what did you do?” Our Sunday school teacher read the question from the book and then glanced up at the seven Zoom frames. I looked around, too, from my spot top center, waiting. I’m usually the Bible study teacher, but in these strange times, I’ve stepped down and am attending classes. It’s a…
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Exploring diabetes, foster childhood, and fun through a kid’s rock band.
I’ve been denounced from the pulpit twice in my life. It was difficult both times. However, it wasn’t personal to me. It was a blanket denunciation by two very different clergymen on two different coasts about two different subjects. But it stung both times and I had to decide how to respond. Denounced from the pulpit in a big church…
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