The Other Six Days: Following Christ in the Marketplace

On October 22, 2011, in Faith and Life, News, Pastor's Blog, by admin

Ever wonder what Sunday has to do with Monday? Or what it means to be “salt and light” in the world of business? Join us for an “integration conversation” with a panel of faithful, experienced business people discussing the practicalities of following Jesus in the Nashville marketplace. Erick Goss, one of our members who serves [...]

Navigating Midlife: A Spirituality for the Second Half of Life

On October 14, 2011, in Faith and Life, Men, Pastor's Blog, Women, by admin

Mid-life can be a disorienting season, plagued with questions: Who am I really? Have my previous choices been good choices? What will it cost me to make changes in my life, and will it be worth it? Psychologists tell us that if the first half of life represents ascent, the second half of life represents [...]

Christ Plays in 10,000 Places Study Group

On October 7, 2011, in Faith and Life, News, Pastor's Blog, by admin

Eugene Peterson has been one of my most important conversation partners as I sought God’s call and vision for myself as a pastor and for St. John’s as a church.  In his book, Christ Plays in 10,000 Places, he insists that a meaningful and biblical spirituality must remain sensitive to ordinary life, find its source [...]

New Book Study Group Offered for Ladies

On October 7, 2011, in Faith and Life, News, Women, by admin

Beginning Sunday afternoon October 9, Cherie Shepherd will facilitate a book study group for the ladies of St. John’s. The group will read and discuss selections from a variety of Christian writers, past and present, taken from Richard Foster and James Bryan Smith’s popular anthology, Devotional Classics.  The group will meet in Cherie’s home at [...]