By Joe LaGuardia A Pastor Appreciates the Hymns is a series on hymnody and worship in the church. By incorporating personal testimony and theological reflection, the series draws meaning and strength from sacred songs past and present. Barbara Brown Taylor once wrote that people who pray to see God and have their prayers answered rarely askContinue reading “A Pastor Appreciates the Hymns: Friendship with Jesus”
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We are called to be witnesses. Period.
By Joe LaGuardia In Acts 1:8, Jesus unequivocally identified the role his disciples play in the world: “You will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth.” But ask any Christian to bear witness (first-hand!) of an experience of God, and you will likely get a blank stare. Some will recall a conversion experience. OthersContinue reading “We are called to be witnesses. Period.”
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