Archive: ‘Thinking About’

Since Sunday, I’ve been second-guessing the sermon I gave on Mother’s Day. As I said in that very sermon, ‘Mother’s Day is an impossible day.” One of the reasons it’s an impossible day is because it unavoidably calls attention to our differences. I’ve been thinking about those differences.

With temperatures warming and days lengthening, activity in our backyard garden has increased. We’ve tasted the first-fruits of the harvest (asparagus, radishes, lettuce). But with this early harvest I’ve also had to confront one of my least favorite parts of gardening: thinning seedlings.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s improbable and bracket-busting run in the NCAA tournament has got me thinking. Thinking about under-dogs, thinking about the power of sports to bring a city together, and (unfortunately) thinking about riots.

Wondering aloud about where all the good men have gone and what the Christian message says about it.

As City Church prepares to move into a new worship space, Erik reflects on core characteristics for the church to embody through the new location.