Can you believe that the end of the year is almost here? Well, looking ahead I thought I would post what you can expect from our Original Church community over the next month or so. Please note that I still plan to post 2 episodes of Meet the Parents each month, but with the holidays, we're not going to get a second one this month. Look for the episode on Ignatius of Antioch to come in January...
Sat. Dec. 23 - NO session of The Journey this Saturday
Sat. Dec. 30 - The Journey
Wed. Jan 3 - MEET THE PARENTS, on Ignatius of Antioch
Sat. Jan. 6 - The Journey
Sat. Jan. 13 - The Journey
Wed. Jan. 17 - MEET THE PARENTS, on Polycarp of Smyrna
Thurs. Jan. 18 - THE PUB (on zoom)
Sat. Jan. 20 - The Journey
Sat. Jan. 27 - The Journey
Wed. Jan. 31 - THE PIAZZA - Live Q&A/AMA etc.
I wish everyone a very blessed Christmas & and a happy kick-off to 2024. I'll be traveling for much of the next week or so, so that means I may not be posting much during that time, but don't worry, 2024 is going to be even more full of great stuff as we get into our second year of The Original Church!
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
This is Michael Knowles' commentary on the murder of Charlie Kirk, and directly on the press conference about the arrest - In the middle is a great speech by the governor of Utah - overall excellent stuff if you have 1.5 hr to spend on it
with some Florida colleagues - all of them Protestant, but with varying traditions on the Eucharist - it was encouraging to hear how there are some Protestant denominations that have a real respect for the Sacrament (and I'm not talking about Anglicans or even Lutherans):
