Every Aspect of Life Can Inspire Prayerfulness
The cross reveals the fullness of Jesus’ love for humankind in all its ambiguity and sin. Willing to embrace his destiny as God’s beloved child and healer, Jesus faces the agony of Calvary. He did not want to die, nor did he wish to suffer excruciating pain. Still, Jesus placed his suffering and abandonment in…
Coming Soon from Energion
The Forgotten Third: Developing a Biblical Relationship with God the Holy Spirit This is by Dr. Larry Dixon, also author of Unlike Jesus: Let’s Stop Unfriending the World. Dr. Dixon thinks evangelicals need to pay more attention to the Holy Spirit. We don’t have a cover design available yet for this book. The Power of…
Book Giveaway: Pandemic Trilogy
It’s possible many are saying that the pandemic is past. Part of it, indeed, is. But during the pandemic and as things started to look up, Energion author Bruce Epperly wrote three books in succession: Faith in a Time of Pandemic, Love in a Time of Crisis and Pandemic, and Hope After Pandemic. These three…
Hope Encourages Agency
The Coming One, Mary’s child, may not resolve all our problems, but God’s coming is an image of hope that may empower us to action. Hope encourages agency, not passivity. It opens the future, not determined, but influenced by what we do today. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/livingaholyadventure/2021/12/the-adventurous-lectionary-fourth-sunday-of-advent-december-19-2021/ Read the whole post at Bruce Epperly’s The Adventurous Lectionary. The…
Bruce Epperly on Writing and the Pandemic
This conversation occurred on Facebook Live, and is trimmed here just a bit. Bruce Epperly is a prolific writer, and has written three books on living during the pandemic.