“[Jesus] taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said ‘Listen!’” – Mark 4:2 “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry…” – James 1:19 Dear friends in Christ, In The Contemporary Christian: Applying God’s Word to Today’s World (1992: IVP), the great Anglican … Read More
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he [ John the Baptist] said to them ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.’” Matthew 3:7-8 NIV On the second Sunday in Advent, the preacher at … Read More
Remarks from the Rev. Marc Robertson, Rector, Christ Church Anglican, Savannah, GA On Tuesday evening October 29, the Rev. Marc Robertson, Rector of Christ Church Savannah Georgia, addressed the Nehemiah Society of the American Anglican Council in Atlanta. Marc Robertson has led Christ Church for over 20 years, and is soon to retire. Over those … Read More
Yesterday, I was reflecting on the lessons appointed for Morning Prayer from Psalms 63, I Kings 4 and Hebrews 3 and two stories in Anglican news this week. I found three remarkable contrasts that bear upon the ways that we lead wherever God has called us to lead. The first has to do with our … Read More
As I’ve continued to reflect on the importance of our “leading from the inside out”, from the deep place of what the Bible calls our heart, I have learned a few things of late from my daily walks about “pace.” The pace of leadership can be grueling—whether you are leading in the local church, in … Read More
