It must have been destiny, or pre-destiny. I didn’t choose Ephesians, it chose me. Romans reached out and beckoned Augustine as those kids on the other side of the hedge sang “tolle lege—Take and read!” Romans had a similar effect on Luther and Lloyd-Jones. Chrysostom lived in John. Spurgeon was…
Read MoreIn this episode, Blake sits down with confectioner, Gregory Butler. They discuss his experience as a fifth-generation candy maker, his love for cooking, and his journey to making candy for his family’s business, Wockenfuss Candies.
Read MoreWords & Music by Blake Flattley
Read MoreGod gives us more than we can handle
Be it grief, pain, loneliness, scandal…
Let’s play a game – you’re probably familiar with it. Would you rather…?
Would you rather sit with entrepreneurial leaders advancing innovation or sit in an empty circle of chairs embarrassed, confused, and alone?…
Read MoreThe morning dawns, and with it a new day.
As we begin a new year, some are filled with excitement, hope, or even fear.
While the changing of the calendar brings an earthly hope, it does not bring an eternal one…
The long-time pastor’s wife at Trinity, Nordis Christenson, famously said, “The Christian life would be easy—if it wasn’t so daily.”
Human nature, according to the good book, is bad. Really bad. Some call it a low anthropology…
Read MoreLet the just rejoice,
for their Justifier is born.
Let the sick and infirm rejoice…
Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be…
Written by
Michael Praetorious
& Blake Flattley
God of Light and Life,
As we prepare our hearts this Advent,
at the end of a trying year…
My high school art teacher, Dave Pawl, was very instrumental in my initial skill development and shaping how I was thinking about the role of art in the world, giving me the courage to be experimental as well as look to art history. In college one particular professor…
Read MoreSix months into my seminary internship year, if you could’ve seen my thought bubble it would read, “I think I’ve said everything that I can think of saying.” I started to worry about where I would find material for decades of preaching. I’m not worried anymore. If I was…
Read MoreIn this episode, Blake sits down with storyteller, Andrew Strother. They discuss his time as a sports photographer, podcaster, and his love for Dungeons and Dragons…
Read MoreWords & Music by Paul Elliott & Kip Fox
Read MoreOh, come, ye unfaithful
Broken and polluted!
Oh, come ye, oh, come ye…
I feel like I was always drawn to music, but my first desire to take piano lessons was when I first heard the pianist at this church we started attending when I was about 7. I knew enough about music to realize she was playing much more than what was notated in the hymnal and I wanted to know, learn and understand…
Read MoreBaby Christian was followed closely by Baby Annika who was followed more closely by Baby Samuel. When we found out that Baby Peter was following even closer, the Call from Trinity seemed like a Godsend for a very down-to-earth reason: we would be geographically closer to family.
Read MoreIn this episode, Blake sits down with writer, Jared C. Wilson. They discuss the influence of his elementary school teachers as he evolved into a writer, working with an agent, and the importance of getting the words onto the page.
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