Letters to a Congregation

Every Thursday I write a pastoral letter to the west congregation of The Austin Stone Community Church. These letters are simple, pastoral musings on what it looks like to live a life that is attentive to God in the midst of a shared context.

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The One About Middle-Age, Walking, and The Mysterious Case of Enoch

Life - and especially the life of faith - is like a walk, a really long one. There are seasons where the pace is high, or when the incline feels impossibly steep, and there are times when the road is flat and wide and the pace is easy and steady. There are also seasons when it feels like you are injured and it takes all of your energy to just put one foot in front of the other. But still, we walk.

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