2011 Growth in Grace Cancelled
Our annual Growth in Grace event is cancelled due to inclement weather. Refunds will be made available. Please contact the office if you have questions (office@allsaintsaustin.org). Thanks.
The Vibrant Dance of Faith and Science
Andrew D. White was the first president of Cornell University back in 1896 when he published his History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. His little book (919 pages) was a hot item back then, for despite…
Austin Has A New Seminary
Last March, my wife, Julianna, and I were planning a weekend trip to St. Louis to begin looking for places to live. We were about to move from Austin to St. Louis, so that I could begin a seminary degree…
City School Work Day
This past Saturday, 15-20 men from All Saints spent the day serving our friends at City School. We did some general landscaping and grounds maintenance, but our main project was building a deck behind their administrative building (if you are…
Emotionally corrective musical experience
There's a certain irony in referencing an article written by someone who lives in St. Louis, for a magazine based in Canada, about a band that is from here in Austin. But Jeremy Huggins' article, in Comment Magazine, about Balmorhea,…
Showing up redux
Several months ago I wrote about my desire to start volunteering at Austin LifeCare. At the time I was taking the Austin LifeCare 101 class and was still a little doubtful that someone in my situation could be meaningfully involved….
Birth of the Cool
Why does it always take visitors coming in town to get me out to see something cool? I always talk about going to see art shows or hear music but then end up just walking my dog, sitting on the…