Chris Moore’s Archive

Pastor’s Blog: Family of God

This is the final installment in answering the question: What do we mean at Grace Downtown by being inwardly growing and outwardly serving? So far we’ve considered “Living in Place,” “Spiritual …

Pastor’s Blog: Spiritual Practice

The second prong or emphasis of Grace Downtown’s goal to be an inwardly growing, outwardly serving church is Spiritual Practice. The more intellectual or academic a church tradition is the more tempted …

Pastor’s Blog: Living in Place

For the next three weeks I want to flesh out the three emphases that make up Grace Downtown’s goal to be inwardly growing and outwardly serving. This first one is …

Pastor’s Blog: Grace Downtown’s Goal

I don’t like to miss out on a good thing. During seminary, in addition to being at class and taking notes, I recorded most of the lectures. When the professor recommended …

Pastors Blog: On Dobbs

Note: this is a paraphrase of Pastor Glenn Hoburg’s remarks given at Grace Downtown on Sunday, June 26, following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs vs Jackson.  In 2013 I …

Arts Blog: What it Costs

I’ve been collecting answers from various artists friends (mostly theatre folks) on the question “What does it cost to be an artist.” I’d love to share their insight here. I …

In the Breaking of Bread

Meditation To be a Christian is, perhaps above all things, to be a person whose life is anchored in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Indeed, the Christian …

Praying with the Eyes

Artwork: Emmaus, by Maximino Cerezo Barredo, 2002. Painted mural, 74 13/16 × 78 3/4 in. (190 × 200 cm). Centro de Formación de Animadores, Gatun Lake, Panama Meditation Since its …

Arts Blog: Why Story Matters

Hi folks – I’m kicking off a blog to share some thoughts throughout the arts residency but I hope this is the beginning of a dialogue (no actor monologues here!) for all …

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