by Guy Sayles | Feb 19, 2016 |
This semester, I’m teaching “Christian Ethics in Engagement with U.S. Culture.” My students and I are exploring together the ways in which various approaches to Christian Ethics conflict and converge with the values of U.S. culture(s).One of our conversation partners...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 11, 2016 |
Last night, Anita and I went to All Souls Episcopal Cathedral for the Ash Wednesday service. It was a gift to be back in that faith-community which has been such a significant haven and home for us since my work at First Baptist Church of Asheville ended in...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 2, 2016 |
Ability to Respond
by Guy Sayles | Jan 28, 2016 |
The heavy snow which recently fell in our area brought surprising gifts: the requirement (and permission) to step-away for a few days from routine busyness, to have longer stretches of uninterrupted time to read and to think, and to rest without irrational guilt over...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 22, 2016 |
We’ve gotten about six inches of snow at our house, and forecasts call for a lot more. Earlier in the week, since it was likely that the roads between Asheville and Huntington wouldn’t be safely passable this weekend, I reluctantly bowed-out of preaching at Fifth...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 14, 2016 |
Yesterday, I went to the first session of what I thought was my Introduction to the New Testament Class. For about 10 minutes, I gave a broad overview of the ways we’d approach our engagement with the scriptures. Then, a student spoke up and said: “I have you for New...
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