Current Events
CURRENT EVENTS
Gospel Truth and Gospel Trust
Today I did something really bad, actually I did something bad a couple of weeks ago and I was confronted on it today. I hurt someone’s feelings because of my own short comings and issues of trust. Essentially, I asked someone to do something and didn’t trust them...
Spamalot – What Is Your Quest
"What is your quest?”...”To seek the Grail!" In my attempt to treat my wife to an evening of culture, I recently took her to see a local production of Spamalot. For those of you not acquainted with the finer works of the Broadway stage, Spamalot is a theatrical...
Mortal
I know this blog post is going to seem very morbid; at least it does to me. Don’t misunderstand me, I do not typically sit around and think about death on a regular basis (unless I have just watched the Walking Dead and I am contemplating the zombie apocalypse)....
The Patient God Whom We Serve
I live just outside of Washington, D.C. From this vantage my family and I can travel to hundreds of different museums and monuments within 30 minutes from leaving our suburban home. We aim to see them all, but we are starting with the basics. This weekend we hit the...
Mission -> Community -> Gospel (Grace)
Our Gospel communities are currently going through the book “Called Together;” it is laid out in the progression of Gospel, Community, and Mission, but what does this look like to someone who lives outside of the of the Church (outside of the community of believers)? ...
Souls and Prayer
I have been a little introspective lately. I tend to be affected by books I read the same way I am affected by people, slowly but deeply. When I read a book (or meet people for that matter) I usually scrutinize and dismiss much of it for the first half, then it...
Important Conversations
Recently, I stood in a pulpit in small town rural Virginia. Staring at me, as I gathered my composure to give my talk, were most of the living relatives on my father’s side. A sense of deep relief washed over me as I began to eulogize my grandfather, who lay next to...
Lent Reflection: Old And New
The old has passed away, the new has come…Team Gee has bought a house! Let me tell you, home ownership definitely has its perks over condo ownership. For instance, no more long treks out to the carport in the rain…uphill….both ways. No more questionable noises from...
Being Cold For Jesus’ Name
We recently finished looking at the 7 churches listed in the book of Revelation as a way to examine our lives, and church, in light of what Jesus said to those early churches. Jesus had strong words of comfort (as He first reminded them who He is), then He offered...
Gospel And Mission In An (Un)Tolerant Age
As I mentioned on Sunday, this is a short blog that ties into Sunday’s message about living on mission verses our cultural definition of tolerance. We have constantly reiterated that “Mission” is the life purpose of a person who believes in Jesus. Our mission is first...
QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING
ELEMENT’S MISSION
To Glorify God by teaching and living out the Scriptures, transforming community into Gospel Community, and planting churches.
