The Church and the Depressing Speed of Change
In a restaurant in North Dakota, I found myself sitting across from a pastor I had met just hours earlier when I presented at his
In a restaurant in North Dakota, I found myself sitting across from a pastor I had met just hours earlier when I presented at his
When thinking about those who need ministry care within our congregations, it’s easy to overlook service members, veterans, and military families. They often appear composed,
Question: “What does a prosthetic limb, a continuous glucose monitor, and a cell phone all have in common?” Answer: “They all extend human capacities beyond
Diversity is an intrinsically complex concept. It is not redundant, nor a case of circular reasoning, to say that there multiple ways to think about
Mark Twain once said, wryly, “Faith is believin’ what you know ain’t so.” Many Christians, including myself, would have much to disagree with in Twain’s
I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery story with one of my sons who was young at the time. As I was
Over the past several years biblical scholarship has given vigorous attention to the character of our Gospels and to the most appropriate ways to read
The other day, I was reading a major Christian publication when I learned of yet another significant Christian leader embroiled in issues of sexual immorality.
What does it mean when we say we have learned something? Why do we forget so much of the information we are taught in church?
Because my mother died at a relatively young age, my main link to her family came through my great aunt, Flossie Johnson. I became close