John March

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  • Are Chinese Mothers Superior?

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    An article asserting the superiority of Chinese mothers in comparison to their western counterparts has been making the rounds recently.  I’ve had it emailed to me and I’ve seen friends posting it to their facebook walls.  You can read the article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” online. The article is written by a Chinese mother…

  • Still Learning To Be Still

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    “I would rather do the dishes, clean the house or any other chore than give our kids a bath.”  That was me just a few months ago explaining why I wanted Mary to bathe our kids.  I wasn’t lamenting bath time because I disliked the actual bathing of our kids.  It wasn’t the crying and…

  • God Save Me!

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    Every year we celebrate Advent.  We celebrate the coming of Christ to save the world.  The only problem is he didn’t save the world and he doesn’t save me in the way I’d hoped.  He doesn’t fix my problems.  He doesn’t remove my pain.  He doesn’t make life easier so I can live it the…

  • Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

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    We’ve just started our series on identity and last week I preached on how what we believe shapes our identity.  In preparation, I did some research on what Americans believe.  It turns out someone has tried to categorize and synthesize a framework of belief commonly held by youth and young adults in America. After doing…

  • Are You Comfortable With Your Self?

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    We are beginning a new series at New City this Sunday.  I’m excited for it.  It’s about identity, value and worth.  We will look at three central areas of our identity with the goal of answering the question, “Who Are You?” In preparing for this week’s sermon, I came across this powerful Merton quote on…

  • Is Voting Our Christian Duty?

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    Throughout the day, I’ve had countless Christians and particularly Christian leaders urging me and all their other social network connections to vote.  It’s left me wondering, is voting our Christian duty? Surprisingly, theologians differ.  Some, characterized by the hard religious right (e.g. Dobson) and the progressive Christian left (e.g. Wallis) believe so.  They see voting,…

  • When Doing Good Is Bad

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    One of the most exciting terms used to describe the church today is the word missional.  It correctly categorizes the people of God as a community on a mission — a people sent out by Jesus to extend and promote his ministry and message in the world.  But unfortunately, what it has devolved into is…

  • When Reason is Treason

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    Last week, late night (fake) news hosts, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced their upcoming rallies to be held on 10.30.10.  Stewart announced his rally first.  The Rally to Restore Sanity is for people who think all this passionate dialogue about politics has gotten a bit too crazy.  Colbert countered with his March to Keep…

  • Mumford & Sons

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    It’s been just about 15 years since I bought a new album that blew me away.  It’s been more than a decade since I bought an album, and stopped listening to all other music just so I could just listen to it over an over.  It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed the lyrics…

  • New City’s Pakistan Relief Fund

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    The church that Mary and I are a part of wants to be a place that takes the call to be the hands and feet of Jesus seriously.   We want to be a community that makes a difference in the world.  That’s why we’re partnering with One Day’s Wages to try and raise money…