by Scott Bullock | Mar 25, 2024 | Holy Week
Reflection In Isak Dinesen’s 1958 short story, “Babette’s Feast,” we see Babette Hersant, a 19th century French chef from Paris, seek political asylum in the Jutland region of Denmark in the home of two pious Protestant sisters who lead the local religious community...
by Scott Bullock | Mar 19, 2024 | Holy Week
Joining the Pilgrims on the Way to Jerusalem For most Christians observing Lent, Holy Week marks the height of the drama of the Christian year. The pilgrims who have made the long journey through Lent look on in awe as they pray and sing through the triumphal entry,...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Mar 13, 2024 | Enslaved, Mission Trips, Missional Church
The Life of Saint Patrick So I am first of all a simple country person, a refugee, and unlearned. I do not know how to provide for the future. But this I know for certain, that before I was brought low, I was like a stone lying deep in the mud. Then he who is powerful...
by Alan Briggs | Mar 12, 2024 | Burnout, Ministry, Work
A Leadership Coach’s Perspective I make it a habit to study what’s happening in churches across the country. I get the honor of coaching some incredible pastors, so I need to stay fresh. Any time I’m in a room of pastors I’m trying to sense the texture of the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Mar 5, 2024 | Movie Reviews
My Early Soundtrack What music shaped your early life? For most of us, our parents’ musical tastes probably were our starting place. That music made a deep impression on what we like — and don’t like (ahem, Steely Dan for me). Most of the music I grew up...
by Alan Fadling | Feb 27, 2024 | Doubt, Faith, Humility, Spiritual Darkness, Spiritual Formation
This was originally posted on March 21, 2017 on https://www.unhurriedliving.com/. [These thoughts come from a journal entry of about 10 years ago when I was experiencing a deep and dark night of faith] I have found insight and wisdom for my journey with Christ in the...
by Kara Martin | Feb 20, 2024 | Work
Note from TPW: Kara Martin addresses life in the secular workplace, sharing insights to help you lead your congregations to understand their faith and work and also to bring the Kingdom into your own workplace. This was originally posted on March 15, 2017 on...
by Scott Bullock | Feb 13, 2024 | Ash Wednesday, Lent, Love
A Valentine’s Day Tradition What better way to say, “I love you,” than passing your beloved some sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, and glycerin wrapped in a chalkly Necco wafer heart? Maybe some of you remember your fifth grade crush surreptitiously sneaking a bag of...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Feb 6, 2024 | Lent, Memory
The Necessity of Memory Memory—or, more actively, remembering—plays an all-important role in our lives. Our culture likes us to focus on the now, “looking forward rather than looking back”—to be people of action, focused on doing—rather than contemplating...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jan 31, 2024 | TPW News
Update: April 9, 2024 The TPW team got access to the new site in mid-March and have been working with the web developers at Rebar to get the site ready for launch. The site looks great and we’re fine-tuning everything from the content to the formatting to make...
