One of the sad ironies about the way that church is done today: we are a relationship-based organization that is really bad at relationships… It’s a miserable revelation that many committed Christians have had to endure in these recent years of scandals and schisms–that a lot of our church friends are fair-weather friends, whose love and support depends on if you’re still in good standing…
Read MoreI had growing concerns about my church. At one time, it had been the organizing center around which my entire life had revolved: spiritual, social, and even professional... But that was before the new “vision” the head pastor had sprung on all of us...
Read MoreAs a Christian, what do you do when you realize that the life you always thought you were going to live has disappeared? When your career, your future, your hopes and your dreams, all of it has turned into an insubstantial mist that vanishes in the morning light. This is the same revelation that burdens the writer of Ecclesiastes when he laments: “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2).
Read MoreBuilding relationships with the LGBTQ community is not so much about changing doctrine, but reapplying the actions of Jesus more authentically.
Read MoreIn 1 Corinthians 15:31, Paul writes, "I die every day!" That's the spiritual advice I'm trying to take into the new year.
There would be a quiet revival, a silent revolution. A movement of humans who have voluntarily decided to die to themselves every day. A movement of nobody in particular, of nobody important, of no one you've ever heard of. A movement exactly as God intended.
Read MoreAnyone can spend five minutes a day looking through Scripture, but it’s harder to give away 10% of your income when the car needs to be repaired or the heating bill goes up. Every Christian says they care about having community, but it’s harder to actually walk down the street and try to get to know your neighbor.
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