by Lloyd Robertson   May is a “resting month.”  What is that?  Where did it come from?  Why do we have them? Well, we adopted the practice from a pastor named Zach Eswine who wrote about it in his book The Imperfect Pastor.  We think there is wisdom in the practice.  Eswine writes: When I first introduced the idea of “resting months” to our congregation, they didn’t like it. Three months a year we’d give all our weekly ministries a break without guilt (April, August, and December). I did this because of the age of our congregation, made up of mostly young familie ..read more

by Lloyd Robertson   The other day I saw a short Twitter thread and thought it worth sharing. Yesterday an elderly man called the church office. He needed someone to pray for his wife who is in the hospital with "the virus." I asked him her name and after a long pause he said, "I'm sorry, I can't remember it. We've been married for 71 years." 1/ — Adam Morris (@adamwm89) September 9, 2021 I prayed for the two of them, for her healing, and for her team of medical professionals who are taking care of her. Afterwards, he thanked me and then told me he had remembered her name and shared ..read more

I’m sure everyone in recent weeks feels like they are living “a life we never expected.”  But this work by Andrew and Rachel Wilson, a couple from England where Andrew is pastor of King’s Church in London is not about the coronavirus.  As the subtitle notes, it is the story of a couple who found themselves parents of two children with regressive autism.  It would be difficult to overstate just how much I think you should read this book.  My worry is that my appeal may fall on deaf ears.  Perhaps you don’t think this kind of book is your cup of tea.  You may not h ..read more