David Wray is in town doing some stuff on Spiritual Formation. I’ve been with him over four hours this morning and will be with him for four more tonight. He’s doing a great job and is blessing us with his knowledge, wisdom, and gentle demeanor.

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’ve already been asked by someone who has seen it how is it that the wounds of Christ heal us? In other words, how does the atonement work? How do we connect the dots or draw up a flow chart that shows how the suffering of a Jewish male 2000 years ago actually does something for us now?

These are good questions. Anydody want to take a shot at providing some answers?

The book is readily available at Amazon. Eugene Peterson wrote the foreward. I was blessed to have one of my sermons included.

MSNBC – Couples: State of Our Unions
If marriage is in trouble, don’t blame gays. Straights changed the rules

Anecdotally, I can say that at least half of the weddings I’ve done in the last couple of years have been for co-habitating couples. Several of which have been regularly attending, raised in church kind of folks.

Hope you all had a good Fat Tuesday. For Lent this year I’m giving up candy, desserts, and all other forms of straight to the vein sugary-type indulgences. This will not be easy for me. I have a sweet tooth the size of Texas.