Glenn Packiam

Pastor//Author//Speaker//Practical Theologian//Songwriter

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    Conscience, Freedom, and the Bible Through Eastern Eyes
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Conscience, Freedom, and the Bible Through Eastern Eyes

    [Caveat Lector: I offer these musings as very much a work in progress. I reserve the right to redact or revise any of what follows-- I sa...
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    Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait
    Glenn Packiam
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait

    2020—What a year it’s been, huh? The trouble is, we have not assurance that 2021 will be much better. Yet here we are waiting. Waiting fo...
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    An Unexpected Journey: Disruption and Invitation
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 5 min

    An Unexpected Journey: Disruption and Invitation

    Can I share a personal story with you? In late July-- the day after"Worship and the World to Come"released-- I went in to see a local ENT...
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    Preaching in the Cultural Moment
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    Preaching in the Cultural Moment

    How do pastors decide what to say about current events and social issues? As the story goes, both Karl Barth and Billy Graham said someth...
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    When God Groans
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    When God Groans

    What do we do with the pain of the world? We enter in it and groan. That is what the Son of God did. And that is what the Spirit of God d...
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    “Blessed Broken Given”— Chapter Preview Videos and Discussion Questions
    Glenn Packiam
    • Mar 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    “Blessed Broken Given”— Chapter Preview Videos and Discussion Questions

    Over the past few months, friends have told me that they are reading “Blessed Broken Given” with their small group at church or with a gr...
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    The Enlightenment’s Lie About the Basis of Human Rights
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 5 min

    The Enlightenment’s Lie About the Basis of Human Rights

    It is all the rage to talk about how oppressive Christianity is and has always been. It’s even more troubling to see some Christians parr...
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    Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017

    I feel like I read a lot of books this year. But it would be more accurate to say that I read parts of a lot of books this year. Graduate...
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    What Does It Mean to Be a Prophetic Church?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 5 min

    What Does It Mean to Be a Prophetic Church?

    What does it mean to be prophetic? The word is thrown around a lot, but depending on which circles you run in, it means something quite d...
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    Preparing for a New Year
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 31, 2016
    • 5 min

    Preparing for a New Year

    For the past 6 or 7 years, Holly and I have done a prayer and planning retreat, usually at the end of the calendar year, or sometimes rig...
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    Forget Following Your Dreams
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 5, 2015
    • 3 min

    Forget Following Your Dreams

    Follow your dream. Write your story. Live an epic life. I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it. This has long been the fodder of daytime talk s...
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    My Favorite Reads of 2014
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 29, 2014
    • 4 min

    My Favorite Reads of 2014

    As 2014 comes to a close, I’m thinking about the books that inspired me, enlightened me, challenged me, and fired my imagination this yea...
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    The Trouble With Exodus
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 17, 2014
    • 4 min

    The Trouble With Exodus

    As the buzz would have it, there is much to find troubling about Ridley Scott‘s Exodus: Gods and Kings. Mainstream reviewers are bemoanin...
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    Is There a Difference Between Public Statements and Pastoral Exhortation?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 20, 2014
    • 4 min

    Is There a Difference Between Public Statements and Pastoral Exhortation?

    [NOTE: This is a follow-up piece to my initial response to the reactions to Hillsong’s decision to decline making a public statement on ‘...
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    It’s Too Easy To Dismiss Hillsong…and Miss Our Shared Problem
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 18, 2014
    • 4 min

    It’s Too Easy To Dismiss Hillsong…and Miss Our Shared Problem

    So, Hillsong declined to publicly declare a position on ‘LGBT issues’. And the internet was awash with opinions. Some shook their heads i...
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    The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 25, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown

    Every once awhile, I am asked what our liturgy is at New Life Downtown. Our service flow (in general) can be found HERE. But the most ‘li...
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    Why An Ash Wednesday Service?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 25, 2014
    • 2 min

    Why An Ash Wednesday Service?

    “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers ...
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    On Saints and Celebrities
    Glenn Packiam
    • Nov 1, 2013
    • 2 min

    On Saints and Celebrities

    Today is All Saints’ Day. I used to never think of it that way. It was just the day that Starbucks brings out their red cups. Besides, I,...
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    Proclaiming our Faith in Worship: How the Creed Tethers Us to Our Story
    Glenn Packiam
    • Apr 30, 2013
    • 5 min

    Proclaiming our Faith in Worship: How the Creed Tethers Us to Our Story

    One of the main reasons we gather as the people of God is to remind ourselves of who God is, what He has done to make us His people, and w...
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    Who Is “Church”? Pt. 2
    Glenn Packiam
    • Apr 23, 2013
    • 4 min

    Who Is “Church”? Pt. 2

    In Part 1 of this blog series, we said that in order to answer the question of “who the Church is”, we needed to first ask who Jesus is, ...
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