Category Archives: Reading and Study

Downhill Bible Reading

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Micah Everett

Perhaps I’ve grabbed your attention with the weird title, but I should clarify that I’m not writing today to introduce you to some extreme sport that somehow combines rapid descending speeds with reading large books. The title is apt, but … Continue reading →

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Why I Enjoy Teaching in the Church

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Micah Everett

This past year during the fall and spring semesters I shared teaching responsibilities for an adult Sunday school class on the book of Colossians, after teaching part of a shorter series the previous summer. These were my first opportunities in … Continue reading →

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“Counterfeit Detection Training:” A Short Reflection on Colossians 1:15-20

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Micah Everett

I mentioned in my last post that this year I am sharing responsibility for an adult Sunday school class at Christ Presbyterian Church on the letter to the Colossians. Given that this is the focus of any focused theological study … Continue reading →

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You’re Never Going to Know Everything (But You Still Should Try), Part Two

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Micah Everett

Last week I wrote discussing how I had come to terms with—and in fact really embraced—the idea that my knowledge of music, brass pedagogy, and basically everything about my profession should be always growing but will never reach completion. There … Continue reading →

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Introducing H.R. Rookmaaker (1922-1977)

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Micah Everett

In the four years that I have been writing this blog I have regularly referred to the works of Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) as being formative not only for the cultivation of my own identity and worldview as (at least I … Continue reading →

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