by Joe McGarry | Jun 20, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: Matthew 28: 16-20 During my first year of seminary my field education assignment was to go to different churches throughout the year. Each church we would attend for four weeks and then we wrote a reflection about our experiences. We were assigned to go to...
by Joe McGarry | Jun 13, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: Matthew 28:16-20 One of the first books I remember reading to my son after he was born was “Go Dogs Go.” As he grew older, he began to pick out his own stories for bedtime and he would pick “Go Dogs Go” every night. At age 2 1/2 I...
by Joe McGarry | Jun 9, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: Acts 2: 1-21 In most churches, for reasons partly liturgical and partly practical, the Church calms down a bit for the summer months. Adult Forums, Sunday School, Confirmation and the like all take a hiatus, while worship guides us through our celebrations of...
by Joe McGarry | May 30, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: John 17:1-11 “In the beginning…” starts John’s Gospel, “was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into...
by Joe McGarry | May 23, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: Luke 12:13-21 There are more times than I would like to admit where I feel guilty about my faith. These are the times when I don’t pray enough, read the Bible enough or share my faith with others as I think I should. I begin to wonder what God thinks...
