Rod White's Blog, page 35

Wonder. We manifest the Spirit.

The first thing that happened to me yesterday in my experience of the body of Christ was sitting around a table with a devoted team having a phone interview with a great guy who wants to be in Shalom House. It was … Continue reading →

L-I-V-E-E-T-E-R-N-A-L-L-Y

One of the best things about taking a trip to a foreign place is experiencing being foreign. When I am away from what usually props up my normality and I don’t have easy access to my usual avoidance mechanisms, it is just me, God … Continue reading →

Top Ten posts for 2013 — and five I wish more people had read

Top Ten Posts for 2013 Here are the posts that got the most hits this year. Scroll down to the links that I wished had received more, too! The tags or categories in the right-hand column might intrigue you, as … Continue reading →

Someone is always looking for the star.

Someone is always looking for the star. They want light from God. They are looking for salvation from the darkness they feel and the darkness pressing in on them. These seekers are always odd, since most people are just calling darkness … Continue reading →

Wendell Berry: identity, autonomy, privacy, competition

We had a winter wedding and draped the sterile “sanctuary” in ivy filched from front lawns all over town and made into garlands by loving friends. We thus began our somewhat-ignorant stumble into fidelity. On the occasion of our anniversary this … Continue reading →

The Difference between Acceptance and Agreement

What I want is what I always wanted: to live in a community of trusted partners and act for redemption in every way we can think to act. I hope we can be Bible-lovers like many so-called conservatives and be welcoming and … Continue reading →

Take an Advent pilgrimage: Five suggestions from the main players in the story

Last June Gwen and I were about to drive into Switzerland for the first time. Siri told me to turn a bit late. I slowed way down and a young man in his company’s Smart Car clipped the back of our Auris … Continue reading →

Relationship pain for the Jesus-follower — new birth through conflict

Since the 1980’s there has been even more fighting in the church than ever! As postmodern thinking takes over the philosophical playing field and becomes more and more codified into law, conflict about the old, modern way of doing things … Continue reading →

Cut-off and screwed over — learning reconciliation and communication

I’m kind of enjoying the geekiness (no offence) of Pentatonix these days. So let’s start out with them. They do a cover of Gotye’s big song of 2012: Somebody That I Used to Know: Apart from telling a good story, Gotye and … Continue reading →

Gotye and Kimbra tell a new Adam and Eve story

You’ve all seen this video, right? It has been viewed over 440 million times on YouTube. Which kind of made me wonder why I had never heard of it until it was already old news. It was the top song … Continue reading →