Lent is a great time to check out my Untold Tales short stories! These imaginative and moving portraits of the passion present beloved stories and characters in new and creative ways. Collect all of these beautifully illustrated books, and give a copy to a friend for Easter. Read excerpt of “Love Cut the Rope.” … More Untold Tales Series
Listen to a special audio presentation of my original story, “Love Cut the Rope: The Tragic Tale of Judas” at the Anchor Podcast available during Holy Week. Purchase a copy of the fully illustrated book for you and for a friend to help support the ongoing ministry of Kingdom Harbor and MainStreet Covenant Church. … More Podcast #136 – Special: Love Cut the Rope: Tragic Tale of Judas
In a former life I breathed the oxygen of basketball. I gave my heart, soul, mind and strength to excelling on the hardwood. Now 25 years later, I’m a dad on the sidelines and dipping my toe into the world of hoops again. The fiery passion has not returned, but I have been thinking about the game more than usual these days. … More Basketball Fever & Nostalgia
Like Jonah’s experience in the belly, the past year can be summed up as “Dark, Cramped, & Stinky.” This Good Friday let us join Jonah in the belly of the fish, to imaginatively enter into his experience and ponder his prayer from the depths. And anticipate Resurrection! … More Dark, Cramped, & Stinky (Good Friday Vigil)
Here’s a portion of my latest doctoral essay exploring the power of “Embodied Wisdom.” This section looks at the role of emotional vulnerability in a pastor’s leadership and example. A popular phrase I’m hearing these days is “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” I’m a guy who … More The Emotionally Real Pastor
A repost from a few years back. -JB What if our faith was as real and powerful as the faith of the Apostle Paul, Peter, James and John, Mary and Lydia, Priscilla and Aquilla? What if our experience of church today was as exciting as those in the upper room at Pentecost, as action-packed as … More Cultivating an Apostolic Imagination
How slow the moments must have seemed, there in the garden, among the olive trees that moonlit night, as the trees uplifted their branches in the dappled light and shadow like arms uplifted in prayer. Only they managed to stay and watch with you. The garden grew quiet as your followers fell asleep one by … More Gethsemane 2: A Meditation
I found this post at Michael Hyatt’s Intentional Leadership site very fun and insightful. Enjoy! -JB As a book mentor, I’ve read plenty of passionless prose. And as a fellow pilgrim, I’ve listened to many people who shyly look away when I ask them what their passion is. Why is that? I have a hunch that … More Find Your Passion in 3 Steps (by Mary DeMuth)
Jeremy L. Berg 