“It was cultural.” That was the response I got from two different people not too long ago when I expressed my disturbance over the fact that Mary is thought to have been just a young teenager when the angel came to her, bearing “good news of great joy” that she would have a baby. This […]
Can Tough Questions and Concerns End in Something Other than Disappointment? Read More »
Last week I wrote on What the Church Should Be. I was so moved by a number of comments that I wanted to write a continuation of that conversation, and really, the first two points of what I think the church should be: singularly focused on the astonishing love and sacrifice of Jesus dedicated wholly to
What’s the Motivation in Our Churches Today? Read More »
(Prologue: I promised from last time to address the question “How has your view of God changed as a result of your own disappointment, disengagement, anger, or fear (or a combination!) with the church?” Well, I am already breaking my promises. I may do that from time to time. But honestly, friends, I’m not quite
Give Me a Reset, Please! Read More »
I’ve been in a church a good percentage of my Sundays on earth. At first, it was the Catholic Church and then it was a little Nazarene church plant, a Calvary Chapel church plant on Wednesdays, then a Baptist church that didn’t want to call itself that so they picked a relevant Christian title, then
Perhaps God is up to something after all… Read More »
