When asked what God was doing before creation Dallas Willard said, “He was enjoying themselves.” What a beautiful trinitarian statement.

God has a wonderful plan for your life: to crucify, bury, and resurrect you with Christ. Now you know.

On this day in 1843, Robert Murray M’Cheyne died at the age of 29. “To manage a life of pain, as a believer in Jesus, remember: this is all the hell you will ever bear.”

Holy Week is the greatest week in the history of the world, re-preached, relived, regifted annually, so we never forget how far Jesus goes to get us home to our Father.

"The Biblical fact is that there are no successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners, gathered before God week after week in towns and villages all over the world." -Eugene H. Peterson

A Morning Prayer: This day, O Christ, be yours and your alone. This hour, O Christ, be your and yours alone. This moment, O Christ, be yours and yours alone. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. (“Prayers for the Pilgrimage”)

Little known #SBC25 fact - Adam Groza also fronted the rock band Blink-182…Say It Ain’t So! :)

A Morning Prayer: O Lord, you who are the Rising Sun, may I hear & heed your words of life this day, so that my soul might be refreshed, my body enlivened, and my care of others renewed. I pray this in the name of the One who is Life itself. Amen. ("Prayers for the Pilgrimage")

"We are not converted only once in our lives but many times, and this endless series of large and small conversions, inner revolutions, leads to our transformation in Christ." –Thomas Merton

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Thank you for your time Dr. Allen and for your instruction and example of how to preach text driven sermons! I and my congregation are better for it.

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Facts the next LSU coach needs to address On Brian Kelly’s four Tigers teams, a total of ten Louisiana high school signees started at least 75 percent of the games in any one season. The greatest number of such players (six) were on the 2023 team, which produced Kelly’s best

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Yesterday graduated with a PhD from Southwestern Seminary . The hymn, “Lead On, O King Eternal,” sums up this season for me: “Through days of preparation Thy grace has made us strong.” Special thanks to two of my faculty advisors who have shaped me and my project Madison Grace and Coleman M. Ford, Ph.D.

For training pastors in rural Franklin parish to preach the whole counsel of God.

In 2026, I’ll share weekly reflections on Dallas Willard’s vision of pastoral work, drawing from his Fuller Seminary course and insights I explored in my dissertation. Join me as we consider what it means to live as teachers of the nations. open.substack.com/pub/garrisondg…

What does Mike Tyson’s infamous bout with Holyfield teach us about spiritual formation? According to Dallas Willard, more than we may think. open.substack.com/pub/garrisondg…