by Mike Woodruff | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been enjoying my devotional time in Galatians – the magna carta of the Christian life. As you may know, shortly after Paul planted a church in the Galatian region (modern Turkey), a group showed up claiming he was off-base. The new group claimed that in order to...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 26, 2018 | The Friday Update
I spent a few days in San Antonio this week. I was there with Carlos Herrera – the pastor of Journey Church in Waukegan. We were attending a church planting workshop in advance of partnering to launch a Sat PM service at the Highland Park campus targeting second...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 19, 2018 | The Friday Update
I trust this note finds you doing well, marveling in simple things and leaning into God’s grace. From the Headlines: We live in the age of tolerance. Or so some claim. Most of the evidence seems to point in the other direction. Across the globe, nationalism is...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 5, 2018 | The Friday Update
I hope your year is off to a grace-filled and thoughtful start. I enjoy the lists that roll out this time of year – e.g., best books, best movies, most important events – but I’m exhausted by the focus on resolutions. I’m sure some of it is helpful. But at the...
by Mike Woodruff | Dec 22, 2017 | The Friday Update
With the arrival of Christmas, the tone of public life becomes softer for a few days. Whatever people believe about the holiday, a certain beneficence seems to spread. I am thankful for the temporary de-Scrooging of America. But let’s be certain we keep the main thing...
