As many of you know, the vision for The District Church is to be a network of neighborhood churches. We want to be “a church for the city” (as our tagline says), but that can only happen as we build relationships and make an impact on the ground, neighborhood by neighborhood. More specifically, you may …
A prayer to start your work week, from Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening (Evening, August 19): Lord, evermore thy face we seek: tempted we are, and poor, and weak; keep us with lowly hearts, and meek. Let us not fall. Let us not fall.
My friend Bruce, who shared his story on my blog in the aftermath of the Travyon Martin shooting and is a good friend and an all-around awesome guy, preached for the first time (ever!) at The District Church on Sunday. We’re going through the Lord’s Prayer as a church, and he spoke on “Forgive us our …
[Part 4 of a four-part adaptation of my message, “Our Daily Bread.”] Matthew 6:25-34 was pivotal in my decision to come on staff at the church almost two summers ago. Back then the church was only a few months old; we weren’t even meeting in the school yet—we were still in Aaron & Amy’s living room. …
[Part 3 of a four-part adaptation of my message, “Our Daily Bread.”] There are many ways in which I could answer the question of “How do we ask for things in prayer?”, but I’m just going to say this: Make basic, desperate requests of God with trust. In our lives, in our conversations and talks with …