Jul 15, 2025 | Hope, Practices
Reflections on Luke 24:13–35 by J. Chris Sanders Two disciples are walking the wrong direction—away from Jerusalem, away from the trauma of Friday’s cross, away from the mystery of Sunday’s empty tomb. One is named Cleopas. The other goes unnamed, as if we’re meant to...
Apr 2, 2024 | Hope, Practices
Seen my share of broken halos Folded wings that used to fly They’ve all gone wherever they go Broken halos that used to shine Angels come down from the heavens Just to help us on our way Come to teach us, then they leave us And they find some other soul to save...
Oct 11, 2021 | Hope, Practices
(First preached by Chris Sanders at Ridgewood Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky, October 10, 2021) On their return the apostles told Jesus all they had done. He took them with him and withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds found out about...
Jan 5, 2021 | Hope, Practices
When you’re networking, you carry an elevator speech in your virtual pocket. Just enough words to introduce yourself in the time it takes to ride an elevator. Just enough words to say who you are, what you do, and why your new acquaintance should care. So when Jesus...
Sep 21, 2020 | Hope, Practices
“Just say the first thing that comes to mind,” say the counselor, the chaplain, professionals of all kinds. Urging people to let go of inhibitions, they literally urge words out of us without judgment. With support and encouragement, we ask each other to just blurt it...
Jul 15, 2020 | Hope, Practices
I’ve already written in Tract Evangelism I about little, lurid, hellfire-and-brimstone tracts, so hot they warmed the hip pockets of the worn Levi’s that carried them. But they weren’t the only tracts we used. There were the teaching tracts. The Roman Road. Lay...
