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Tag Archives: new frontier
Re-branding Christianity
I’M FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE — a popular bumper sticker that speaks a volume of truth. Every once in a while, it becomes necessary to refocus our sight. Who are we as Christians; what do we stand … Continue reading
True followers in every generation
Okay, it was bound to happen. We heard from somebody between boomers and millennials. Actually, two somebodies. Two Gen Xers have written me feeling left out. This is good. That means there are at least two of you out there … Continue reading
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The First Church of Boomers and Millennials
I had lunch yesterday with a pastor, an attorney who is an influential church leader, and a Christian college professor with a PhD from Oxford. They all love Jesus, but none of them are having a satisfactory church experience. The … Continue reading
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Pioneers
Pioneer, pioneer Keep pressing onward beyond your fear Only the Father goes before you To your own frontier — you’re a pioneer from the song “Pioneer” by Nancy Honeytree Here at the Catch, we are about something coming. We are … Continue reading
Close Encounters of the Spiritual Kind
Okay, I’ve been dancing around this all my life, but I’m finally ready to come out with it. Blame it on my wife, Marti. She’s been saying something’s coming for some time now and I’ve been going, “Sure, sure.” But … Continue reading
Prisons of our own making
Your prison is walking through this world all alone. – Don Henley and Glen Frey from the song: “Desperado” I guess just about anything can become a … Continue reading
Free indeed
When referencing that Jesus had come to set the prisoners free, one of our readers commented, “He didn’t specify those wrongly imprisoned but prisoners regardless of what they are guilty of doing.” Great observation, John. We don’t see Jesus going … Continue reading
50
Fifty years ago this month, I was beginning my final semester at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and getting ready to stay for two weeks after graduation to record my first album with players from the Old Town School of … Continue reading