Since time began, people have been imagining, designing, or implementing some global utopia. How have those projects worked […]
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These weeks of Easter, Christians around the world listen to the beautiful description of the last day, the […]
Many Christians will be singing “Were You There” on Good Friday this week. Each line concludes, “It causes […]
Many know Jesus’ parable of the two sons and their generous, forgiving father. We especially love how it […]
The young preacher noticed that one of his elderly parishioners never came up for ashes on Ash Wednesday. […]
Ah, the season of Lent greets us again, and like spring, it comes with a host of colors, […]
Pastors claiming to have a vision for their church have often been maligned for sounding charismatic, stealing God’s […]
During Covid, our congregation went to individual cups only for the time being. Yes, I know some of […]
Perhaps you have seen pictures of those ancient couples found in an eternal embrace in a grave. You […]
Welcome to———Church. I’m DJ Pastor, MC for JC, choosing hymns and fueling souls. Blah, blah, blah. I’m sure […]
We see it all the time on our social media feeds. “Marked safe” from the LA fires, Hurricane […]
For the last 4 centuries, Western culture has fallen into a narrow philosophical hole: progress. At some point […]
Conspiracy theories have been bombarding Americans like the drones inundating the Jersey shore. Just jump on X for […]
I’d like to sit underneath the treeAgainAnd wonder at the glare of blue bouncing off The fragile curve […]
Human history is marked by storytelling. We love true tales describing historical events, either global or personal. We […]
Stupid people. Stupid church. They should pay me more. They should come to church services. They make dumb […]
Yes, I believe your vote counts and even ‘makes a difference.’ Yes, I believe that in a representative […]
The story is told of a pastor who asked the kids during a children’s sermon, “What is a […]
For some time, we have been living in the shadow of the Enlightenment, occupied by its peculiar presuppositions […]
What is water? David Scott Wallace tells the famous existentialist parable in his brilliant commencement speech at Kenyon […]