A couple that moves across country with two children to a small apartment in a world where they know no one, admitting that loneliness kills. A different young couple in the first month of their marriage, checking out a church because they saw a sign on the road. A third young couple, unmarried, with a …
Badge of Shame
I went to my usual coffee shop this morning for the latte and orange-cranberry scone and I noticed the barista taking my order, a young woman who's been working there for several years as she completes her university education, was wearing something unusual around her neck. I had to look more closely. It was a …
Inspiration, Work, and The Spirit
I told the assembly yesterday that in spite of my best efforts last week, I couldn't really get my sermon to work. I knew what I wanted to say, and I knew where the text sort of needed to go, but I couldn't put it into words. They were gracious as I stumbled my way …
Jim and Caspar Go To Church
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, …
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 …
JEFF BERRYMAN 