John March

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  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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    “Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future.” This is a popular line from a Steve Miller Band song, and I believe it adequately sums up the thesis of the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  The story of Benjamin Button begins and ends with a clock that ticks in reverse.   The…

  • Launch

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    This is a practical how-to guide for church planting from scratch.  The authors of this book moved to New York City to plant a church in 2001.  They didn’t know anybody in the city, and within two years of their first public service they were worshipping 500 people.  They tell their story and offer guidelines…

  • Geoffrion, One Step at a Time

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    This book contains Tim Geoffrion’s thoughts on our spiritual life as pilgrimmage.  He uses his experience walking a 500-mile pilgrimmage, called el Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), as the guiding metaphor for describing the ups and downs of the Christian’s spiritual walk with God.   Each chapter begins with a journal entry written while…

  • Weekend Getaway

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    Some of Mary’s closest friends spent the past few days visiting with us.  The girls were a part of a small group together while we were back in Boston on the seminary campus.  They have all since gotten married, and their husbands came with them on this visit.  There were four couples including Mary and…

  • Christmas in Congo

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    Imagine Congo Imagine celebrating Christmas in an African church.  I spent a year in Malawi, Africa, and I learned first hand how special worshiping with African brothers and sister can be.  Their music is rhythmic.  The preaching is passionate.  Their love for Jesus is contagious.  Their week-to-week services are amazing, so just imagine how wonderful it…

  • Theology of the ECC

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    I’ve just wrapped up an orientation course called Theology of the Evangelical Covenant Church.  I have to take a bunch of courses with the ECC as a part of completing my ‘orientation’ to the ECC in order to be ordained by them.  I took a couple classes about 4 years ago that have since been…

  • Becoming Friends

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    There’s nothing like a close friend.  When we were in seminary at Gordon-Conwell and after Mary and I were just married, we were friends with three other couples who were all living in the same on-campus residence.  We shared values, interests, life-stage, cultural backgrounds, missions in life, and location!  We also had unorthodox schedules because…

  • Olson, The American Church in Crisis

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    I just finished reading Dave Olson’s book: Dave Olson leads the church planting movement at the Evangelical Covenant, of which I am a part.  This book is a persuasively written statistical analysis of the current state of the American church.  With clarity and insight, Olson shows that with each passing year a smaller percentage of…

  • Jesus, hold the church, please

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    Over the last couple of years, I’ve heard or read about a number of people who want Jesus but aren’t interested in the church. They look up to Jesus, and they even want to follow him. However, when they look at the church they see a corrupt organization that doesn’t truly represent Jesus. They do…

  • Friedman, Generation to Generation

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    I just finished reading this book: It was fantastic. It is written primarily for pastors and rabbis, but it’s lessons are universally applicable for everyone in families or struggling to relate well to others in work and social organizations. He takes a Family Process view of counseling, and he argues that the most effective model…