If you haven't read it, and you're interested in the conversation going on among evangelicals who are tired of "doing church" the same old way, this is a great book to check out. It's a fast read and one that will make you think differently about what happens on a Sunday morning. Long story short, …
The Elusive Nature of Words
I have no idea why I wrote that title just now, except that I've been studying scripture this morning, bemoaning my lack of knowledge and training. There is of course plain meaning in words, but there is also the shimmered layering that floats over centuries and translation. The appearance of a word in language is …
Healing in the Wind
As I look around my circles of friends, many of them involved in the life of the church at Northwest, I can sense good things on the move. Healing is hard to quantify, hard to describe. In my own life, as damaged as it was early on, the movement toward greater stretches of peace and …
Sustainable Pace
Slow down. Breathe. Pay attention. Be quiet. Listen. All these words assume something other than running willy-nilly hard-as-we-can-go-so-we-can-do-ever-more-and-more-good-things. This past Monday night, I sort of lost my mind at a meeting and went on a passionate tirade about beauty and other things, making declarations that I think are largely true about our heritage's disconnect with …
Blogging at the Church Blog, too
So now there are two blogs going. Truth is, I've been working far too many hours at a pace that's unsustainable. Not unusual for people in ministry, I think, so I've gone back and retooled, thinking through what God is asking me to do once again. I need to be writing more, venturing out into …
JEFF BERRYMAN 