“More important than our experience of Christ, is the Christ of our experience.” ~ James B. Torrance Recently, my youngest daughter was tasked with a project that spanned two of her middle-school classes. The project focused on creating a PowerPoint presentation (one class) that told the story of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany duringContinue reading “When Goodness Happened”
Author Archives: Matthew Scraper
Setting Boundaries
“Dad?” “Yes, Megan?” It was raining outside, and we were doing our best to hit as many puddles as possible on the way to school. “Pastors must not have taste buds.” “That was random. Any chance that you are going to fill me in as to why you’ve decided this?” “Because every time we haveContinue reading “Setting Boundaries”
Chocolate Milk Moments
“It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers frequently consider their work so important and urgent that they will allow nothing to disturb them….but it is part of the discipline of humility that we must not spare our hand where it can perform a service and that we do not assume that ourContinue reading “Chocolate Milk Moments”
Finding Scraper Mountain
Following Highway 9 across the Alabama border from Northwest Georgia, I was captivated by the height of the mountains that spanned the breadth of my vision on either side of the road. Sparsely populated, the region had an oddly familiar quality that betrayed the timelessness of the generational memory that radiated from the very groundContinue reading “Finding Scraper Mountain”
Dr. Matthew B. Scraper 