by Griff Martin | Dec 30, 2015 | Opinion
Our high school students and I act out and focus on one particular biblical narrative, typically from the gospels, on Sunday evenings. This is one of our regular small group meeting activities, as we seek to understand better the meaning of the passage we are...
by Griff Martin | Nov 12, 2015 | Opinion
What does a new generation desire from the church? This subject is addressed in Rachel Held Evans’ new book, “Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church,” which a group at my congregation is studying on Wednesday evenings....
by Griff Martin | Jul 15, 2015 | Opinion
It’s a big week for book lovers with the arrival of the much anticipated and almost too good to be true second novel of Harper Lee. Many of us would consider “To Kill a Mockingbird” an important work in race relations, a book that looked at racial...
by Griff Martin | Oct 20, 2014 | Opinion
My best friend was married two years ago, and I had the honor of delivering the homily. When it came time to the rehearsal dinner speech, I spoke “off the cuff,” ending my speech by saying, “I thought that when one grew up, a best friend was no...
by Griff Martin | Oct 8, 2014 | Opinion
I attended a meeting of clergy recently, which began with us sitting in a small circle, coffees in hand, introducing ourselves and talking about the state of our ministries. I knew immediately how this would go and it met my expectations. It was the exact same...
