by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 12, 2018 | Culture, Justice
November 2018 Editors Note: This is perhaps less a review as a jumping off part to articulate some thoughts I developed while reading The Minority Experience. For a full review of the title, a cursory google search will provide what you are looking for. In the opening...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 6, 2018 | Sermon Illustrations
In the novel, Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley, Buddy Crawford, a horse trainer, has a “born again experience but things don’t go according to plan. This is his prayer: “One night, when he was praying his usual prayer, he suddenly got up from his knees and sat down on the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Oct 30, 2018 | Sermon Illustrations, Worship
There was much I could have said in that moment. I could have contrasted different philosophies of ministry, especially in relation to the seeker movement in our postmodern culture, and explained how some view the Sunday service as having components of both worship...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Oct 24, 2018 | Uncategorized, Worship
October 2018 For centuries, the Psalms have been the songbook of the church. From metrical settings of Psalms (think, “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” or “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want) to use in liturgical settings (the Venite for one), or chanted or...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Oct 23, 2018 | Church, Sermon Illustrations
It is a phone call no parent wants to receive. “Jerry,” Bethany said, “Catherine’s had a little accident.” “Accident! How bad?” “She’s going to be okay. You want to talk to her? We’re in a kind of ambulance crossing the Andes, headed down to Quito. Here she...
