Assumptions matter. They matter a great deal. There was a story I heard years ago about a physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island with no tools and a can of food. The physicist and the chemist each devised an ingenious mechanism for getting the can open; the … More What are our Assumptions?
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14 (ESV) On May 28th, during my sermon on Galatians 3, I posited “Paul is operating in the tension between already and not yet, remembrance and anticipation, [or] apathetic and aspiration.” Already and not yet suggests … More Moving On
1st Corinthians 13: 11-13. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know … More Seeing Beyond by Stepping Up
Remember Last week I wrote: “Next Wednesday, this blog will focus on how we can all participate in realizing Hilltop’s vision. We will lay out a plan to make up our budget deficit.” Before I do that, I want to re-refocus briefly on our why. Our very purpose is transformation. Over the past two years … More Pack Fast, Travel Light
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (NRSV) “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven …” Ecclesiastes 3: 7b (NRSV) “a time to keep silence, and a time to speak …” Sometime during a misspent moment in my youth, I was humming and singing along with a vinyl version of the Byrds … More A Season and a Time
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