Ed Stetzer:

…our churches need to be a safe place for people who wander, and for people who wonder.

Reflecting on Rachel: Why She Mattered

Now, a call to give our very lives for the sake of discipleship, for the sake of following Jesus, might seem rather morbid. It might seem rather depressing. It might seem rather pointless, yet we must remember we are in Easter season.

We have to remember that Christians are an Easter people, which means we recognize the call to die is from the Risen Christ.

And so if we follow him–even to the cross!–we can be sure that he will lead us through the cross and into eternal, Resurrected life with him.

From this week’s sermon.

Part of my free comic book day haul.

G investigates a surprisingly lifelike alligator at a local park

Miraz Jordan – Why not move a community group’s website to FB?

Really good points here. Using FB as your content “home” if you are a church or other organization is asking for trouble, and may even end up inadvertently excluding some people.

The slaveholding mentality, which many American Christians assume is past, continues to distort the way we read Scripture and think about each other. With gentleness and humility, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove shares how we can find freedom in the way of Jesus.

I learned a lot from this Renovare podcast episode. Definitely worth a listen.

Photo By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-074-16 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Link

This piece by @Ben is by far one of the most helpful and practical I have stumbled across on going full time with an iPad Pro.