I grew up going to a church that did not observe Lent, so when I heard people talking about what they gave up for Lent, I wasn’t sure what they were talking about. I really couldn’t figure out what the stuff you find in your belly button had to do with eating fish on Fridays […]
If you attended Genesis this Sunday, you heard me share a bit about the life of John Newton, the man who wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace.” I won’t bore you with a retelling of the story (you can find his biography online). Newton was a former slave trader who became a follower of Jesus. At […]