One of my greatest hopes for Christ Church Carrollton is that we will grow in our commitment to prayer! The observable fact is, there are very few clearer indicators of a church's overall spiritual health than its commitment to prayer. Where churches earnestly pray, there is always life and...
Last week, I posted on the Christ Church website a link to a ministry called "LiveGodspeed." If you click on the link, the first thing you'll see is a video called "Godspeed: The Pace of Being Known." I highly recommend it. "Godspeed" tells the story of Matt Canlis, a young American who went to...
On Tuesday night, I was one of 500 people who attended a performance at Park Cities Presbyterian Church of the St. Paul's Cathedral Boys Choir from London, England. It was a great joy to hear these 23 enormously talented young people singing a diverse repertoire of choral music stretching back...
One of the most attractive qualities of the early church was its radical generosity. Acts 2:45, for instance, says of the Pentecost church: "And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need." To be honest, if I didn't believe in...
Easter--and the celebration of Jesus' resurrection--is far too wonderful to keep to just one day! The church has traditionally kept a whole season--fifty days--to reflect very specifically on the resurrection and its significance to us as Jesus' covenant people. Actually, every Sunday is...