Chris Altrock is an author, spiritual director and preacher, serving as the Senior Minister at the Stamford Church of Christ. He and his wife Kendra are parents to Jordan and Jacob.
In 2005 the American Film Institute (AFI) selected the top 100 movie quotes of all time. They revealed the quotes on a three-hour television special. Here are some of the movie quotes that made the top ten:Read More »How the Holy Spirit Mediates Jesus’ Presence
Several days ago my family and I were driving to Clearwater, Florida. Clearwater is a coastal town west of Tampa, Florida. To get there we had to drive across a long and narrow road and bridge that spanned the bay between Tampa and Clearwater. Driving on that causeway, we got within 10 miles of Clearwater. We couldn’t wait until we got to there. We had been anticipating the beach all day long. But suddenly our journey stopped. Traffic came to a dead halt. Eventually we could see why. Miles in front of us was a wreck-a fender bender. We couldn’t exit because on either side of the road was the bay. And the longer we sat in traffic, just miles from the end of our journey, the more we groaned for someone to do something to make it possible for our us to move forward.Read More »How the Holy Spirit Continues Jesus’ Story
As part of our series on the prayers of Jesus, we come to a prayer that is the kind of prayer which is familiar to many us. It’s a prayer of thanksgiving. Even if you don’t pray often, you probably have prayed this kind of prayer: Thank you God for this food…Thank you God for helping me pass the test…Thank you God it’s Friday. Prior to this prayer of thanksgiving, we’ve heard Jesus pray in ways that may have been seemed challenging: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. But now we move into what seems to be easy-going territory: Thank you.Read More »Learning to Pray From Jesus #4
26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then ” ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ‘ 31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals-one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” 38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Lk. 23:26-38 TNIV)Read More »Learning to Pray From Jesus #3