GREG ROSS TAYLOR

Right now I teach 5th and 6th graders (with Jill) on Wednesday nights and WW II generation class on Sunday mornings called “Joyful Class.” I’ve found they–and perhaps everyone in between–like some of the same things: Stories with suspense Sticking to the Bible and its core messages and not tangents Personal testimonies or ways of…

ZOE and Wineskins have had a lot of requests for several important and moving videos. Let me explain about a few of them: Give Me Jesus – Leonard Sweet (www.leonardsweet.com), according to his office, bought the rights to put a Fernando Ortega (www.fernandoortega.com/) song, Give Me Jesus, together with art photos of Christ images and…

A repairman and I went into our attic the other day to check some wiring. “It’s hotter than hades up here,” Stron Johnson, the large African American man, said. “You can go ahead and say hell, though I’d say hell’dbe worse,” I said. “Makes you wanna be good,” Stron said. “Problem is,” I replied as…

Though the prospect of these talks having any real impact on the dire circumstances of nearly a million refugees in Sudan, please pray for the talks and continued international and Sudanese government support for giving the refugees relief. Straw demands action in Darfur. The UK foreign secretary touring a refugee camp urges Sudan to do…

From An African Prayer Book by Archbishop Desmond Tutu O Lord, O Ruler of the world, O Creator, O Father This prayer is for Africa, for our brothers in the South, our brothers in the North… We know that our White brothers have made their Black brothers second class people. O Lord, this hurts us…

In the last month our family has gone through a challenging transition. Jacob, our last of three, entered kindergarten, all our children are in new schools, and Jill started back teaching. Though I’m the only one not in a school, I have been learning not to be an oblivious dad. Just when I think I’m…

When I’m trying to fix one thing, I usually break another. For example, while wiring a CD player for Jill’s van (our first auto CD player!), I plugged the connector in wrong and had to pull it out. As I pulled, two tiny wires popped out of the plug like plucking dandilions. What should have…

Today I interviewed an inspirational man named Scott Roley. Scott grew up in D.C., privleged son of a Washington attorney and advocate for civil rights. He wanted to be a rock star but he didn’t have what it takes, to sort of quote Third Day. He wanted more than music. In the next week I’ll…

Jacob, when asked if he made any friends yesterday in Kindergarten… Jacob: “I played with a boy…” Me: “What’s his name?” “I don’t know.” “Did you ask?” “Yes, I asked him his name and he said, ‘I’m not going to tell you unless you tell me yours.’ I told him we had name tags.” “So…

“The Christian church in America is comprised of many converts, but shockingly few disciples,” according to Barna Group Research. The research goes on to point out that “less than 1 percent of all believers perceived a connection between their efforts to worship God and their development as a disciple of Jesus.” Some say part of…