During the 1950’s, theologian Karl Barth provided guidance to a distressed pastor serving in what was then Marxist East Germany. The pastor was wrestling with how the church was to faithfully continue in its traditional forms while being forced underground by the state. The following...
2014 and 2015 marked a season of major change and transition in my family’s life. In August of 2014, I began commuting from Birmingham to Atlanta during the week for my new job so that my wife, Jessica, who was seven months pregnant, could finish...
The 2016 Macedonian Ministry Mentor Gathering was held on February 29th and March 1st in Atlanta, and it was a wonderful time of fellowship, prayer, encouragement, brainstorming, and mentorship. We conduct regular video conference gatherings with our mentors throughout the year, but we look forward to...
“I am not volunteering!” The parishioner who accosted me after worship one Sunday morning was not angry but so very earnest he definitely had my attention! That morning in worship we had asked for volunteers to work in our homeless shelter. His words surprised me...
Seven years ago the Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham, Alabama was a yearly inconvenience. But in recent years this event has become a powerful way for South Highland Presbyterian Church to connect with their neighbors. This year, South Highland got involved with what God is already...
Or…does it change why and how we do it? Does following Jesus change the “Christian segment” of our life or…could it change EVERYTHING? The Twentieth Century Theologian and Author, C. S. Lewis, once observed that believing in Jesus Christ did not change what we do, but...
Don’t you love Psalm 139? Here is one my favorite sections: 17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end—I am still with you…. ...
I’m a Presbyterian so it pretty much goes without saying that I am not one to foist my religion on anyone else. Even so, about six years ago following a challenge by my friend Reggie McNeal, I started praying for people in public places. For...
Our first MM Quarterly Newsletter features Pastors for Texas Children (PTC), a ministry that lends a helping hand to children all over the state of Texas. PTC grew out of the Macedonian Ministry Dallas-Fort Worth Cohort that began meeting in January of 2013, under the...