Sacred Journey has been peacefully slumbering for the past couple of weeks. I’m decompressing after final exams and a month of way-too-much drama at Westminster Theological Seminary. This is also the time of year when I like to re-evaluate the purpose and future direction of this blog, so I’m spending some time giving that some [...]

From my friend Joel Garver:
Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with those who take counsel for the renewal and mission of your church and the training of those who minister. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us to perceive what is right, [...]

So says classmate Anthony Stiff. I may need to be praying his prayer in the days to come:
Lord give us Kings who were once fleas, who have not forgotten the ‘flea-ness’ of that time as they lead us with patience and righteousness. Lord for those of us who desire to serve, let us not be [...]

It’s probably not through means that first come to your mind, says Mark Horne.

The other day Andy did something you are not supposed to do when you are a “successful Christian musician.” He publicly confessed struggling with serious doubt in his faith walk. The sudden upsurge in comment activity this generated on his blog seems to indicate that he is very much not alone, even among his audience [...]

Doug Wilson perfectly nailed a pet peeve my wife and I have had for some time now with the way evangelicals take communion:
The Lord’s Table is the place where we are to overflow with gratitude and thanksgiving. It is not a time for us to curl up into a little ball of sorrow or remorse. [...]

“But one of the glories of education is the opportunity to hear the truth come out of a human being with blood in the veins and air in the lungs, and not just off a printed page” (Douglas Wilson, The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 198).
When I first saw that quotation, the person who [...]

I invited my friend and Westminster classmate John Eddy to adapt a comment he wrote on another blog into a “guest blog” here on Sacred Journey. When he’s not sharing a beer with me, John currently serves as Executive Director of the new Gospel & Culture Project at WTS.

Listening to Scot McKnight’s talk last Thursday [...]

In his blog post “Pews, Pulpits, Pastors, Preaching, and Other Things that Can Get in the Way of the Church ‘Being’ the Church,” Dan Kimball once again raises a question that I have not been able to get away from since I read (no, more like was hit up side the head by) Mark Strom’s [...]

The response of the Lancaster County Amish to the murder of five children in their community is so counter-cultural, even the New York Times can’t ignore it:
In one sign of their approach to tragedy, Amish residents started a charity fund yesterday not only to help the victims’ families but also to help the gunman’s widow.
“This [...]