I love Christmas music. In our family we *gasp!* always started listening in November every year, because no one in South Africa celebrates Thanksgiving and summer holidays start the first week of December. (This means you’ve been in a Christmas play and covering cardboard Christmas trees in green glitter for a month by the time DecemberContinue reading “FREE Advent Music”
Category Archives: Kingdom
You’re still here: Adoption month
“The first sibling my family adopted joined our family as a young baby. The second time my family adopted, my new little brother was six. He had Radical Attachment Disorder from spending so much time in the orphanage. First his birth mother left him, and then he had cycled through numerous caregivers at the orphanage,Continue reading “You’re still here: Adoption month”
I used to think the Bible was always right. Now I think the Bible is always right, but I might be wrong.
Hey, I’m linking up with Sarah Bessey today. The prompt is: “I used to think___ and now I think ____”. Sarah’s new book is out! It’s called, Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith and it’s all about this process of being recovering know-it-alls, and allowing our faith to be in a constant stateContinue reading “I used to think the Bible was always right. Now I think the Bible is always right, but I might be wrong.”
And then I wrote a Kindle book.
In just about three weeks, the season of Advent will be upon us. It’s one of my favorite seasons. When I was younger I loved it because I loved Christmas, and any build-up to Christmas was just part of the magic. More recently I’ve loved it because it’s an opportunity to intentionally reflect on someContinue reading “And then I wrote a Kindle book.”
Jesus, friend of sinners
I’ve been reading Sarah Bessey’s book Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith, and something I appreciate about all of Sarah’s writing is you can see how much she loves Jesus. Not the idea of Jesus, but Jesus himself. There’s a difference. Jesus, the guy who lived 2000 years ago in Palestine, who wasContinue reading “Jesus, friend of sinners”
The Underbelly of being Radical: Guest Posting over at A Life Overseas!
A Life Overseas is a fantastic blog if you’re interested in honest conversations about missions. They talk about everything from emotional health, to finances, to the pressures of ministry, to language learning, to parenting, to Third Culture kids, to figuring out how to cook. If I do say so myself, missionary kids have a pretty high BSContinue reading “The Underbelly of being Radical: Guest Posting over at A Life Overseas!”
On condemning broken things
Lately the story in John 8 of the woman caught in adultery has been coming up in conversation. So I decided to revisit it, and I was surprised to find this isn’t really a story about the woman caught in adultery. This is a story about the Pharisees. It’s a story about drawing lines inContinue reading “On condemning broken things”
An Open Door to Understanding- Guest posting over at All People
I’m really thankful for the opportunity to share over at EFCA’s blog “All People“. The blog has some really great thoughts on multi-cultural ministry in the USA context, and is a useful tool-box, especially if you’re interested in broadening your ideas on how the church can respond in a Christ-like manner to the immigrants inContinue reading “An Open Door to Understanding- Guest posting over at All People”
Identity & Reconciliation: A quick reflection on “The End of Memory”
Volf ends his book talking about how it should have a warning label because it is hazardous to two cherished notions: 1. We should remember wrongs solely out of concern for victims and 2. We should forever remember wrongs suffered. It seems crazy to argue that we should remember in a way that is fair, andContinue reading “Identity & Reconciliation: A quick reflection on “The End of Memory””
2. Two Part book Summary: The End of Memory, Miroslav Volf
This is a continuation of my summary of the book The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World by Miroslav Volf. For part one, go here. The last part of the book, part three, asks the question how long we should remember. I don’t know how many reconciliation seminars I’ve been to thatContinue reading “2. Two Part book Summary: The End of Memory, Miroslav Volf”
Stephanie Ebert 