Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife, Part 1: Evangelism
By Jodi Adrian Anxiety For many years, the call to evangelize the unbeliever evoked anxiety and guilt within me. It was a call that pushed me away, instead of inviting me in, and a word which felt fraught with expectation. Anxiety arose within me at it’s mention, because I believed the call on all who were followers of Jesus was to comfortably, yet boldly, proclaim the gospel to unsuspecting bystanders, wherever they might be found. Situations such as these, for a woman
Will You Stand Up in the Presence of Murder?
By Jodi Adrian Before I begin to wade through the slough of articles on how Canada is killing it’s own by M.A.I.D., I begin to read Isaiah. I was greatly looking forward to moving beyond the daily discouragement of reading how God’s people followed kings who continually and horrifically “did what was evil in the sight of the LORD,”1 however, as I begin to read Isaiah the familiar heaviness of 1 and 2 Kings washes over me. See the Pervasive Sickness In the
I Hugged an Abuser Yesterday
By Jodi Adrian | Photo by Halle Adrian Photography I hugged an abuser yesterday… a man who has raped, beaten, and cursed those he was called to protect, honour and love. I hugged an abuser yesterday… a man who defies the reality that his actions, words and lifestyle are evil. I hugged an abuser yesterday… a man who professes to be a follower of Jesus. I hugged an abuser yesterday… a man whom I have known and loved my entire life. There is something unsettling
Are You As Mature As You Think You Are?
By Jodi Adrian | Photo by Halle Adrian Photography Paul, in this letter to a church in Corinth, was confronting a group of believers he loved dearly. We know this because he referred to these Christians as his “beloved children” (1 Cor 4:14). And as a loving Father does, Paul confronted his “children,” imploring each one with the truth: “You are not as mature as you think you are” (paraphrase of 1 Cor 3:1-3). “But I, brothers, could not address you as