Discussion questions for Doubt
If the review of Doubt below piqued your interest in watching the movie, here are some questions you might consider for your own, personal reflection; or, better yet, for discussion with friends. What were you thinking about as the film…
Read the Book. See the Movie. Read the Book.
It would be easy to say that Revolutionary Road, both the novel by Richard Yates and the recent film from Sam Mendes, is a story about the American Dream, and how it is nothing more than a dream. I’m sure…
Aprons and Asparagus
When my grandmother died she left me a large collection or aprons, some cookbooks and table linens. She clearly knew something about me that I had yet to discover, because, at the time, I couldn’t make a grilled cheese without…
Suspecting Certainty: a review of Doubt
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.” –Montaigne How do you feel about people who are certain? Do you find them attractive, admirable, encouraging? Or do you tend to suspect their character, their motives? How you answer…
Growth in Grace photo album
Just about a "perfect" evening with Richard Winter at the Wildflower Center. Thanks to Topher for chronicling it all with his camera.
Planting and watering
Two weeks ago, within hours of each other, two missionary families on two different continents emailed All Saints to let us know they arrived safely at their new homes. If you didn’t get to meet these families All Saints supports…
Tim Keller, John Piper, D.A. Carson in black and white
What is the biblical relationship between works of mercy and the proclamation of the gospel? This is a question that comes up frequently, especially as our small groups get ready to pick service projects throughout Austin. How exactly to we…