Ah, the season of Lent greets us again, and like spring, it comes with a host of colors, […]
An old professor of mine, and by that I mean he was my professor a long time ago […]
It is hard to argue with Joel’s excellent article concerning pastors being visionaries in their congregations, but I […]
Pastors claiming to have a vision for their church have often been maligned for sounding charismatic, stealing God’s […]
I like to think most of us have at least one person in our lives, perhaps a parent […]
During Covid, our congregation went to individual cups only for the time being. Yes, I know some of […]
At the end of the book of Deuteronomy, we find God’s people gathered on the plains of Moab. […]
Work it with sweat long enough and you’ll discover that there’s a certain stubbornness in the land, in […]
One thing which seems to have been lost in our age is the idea of the sacred. We […]
Perhaps you have seen pictures of those ancient couples found in an eternal embrace in a grave. You […]
At this point in my career, I have forgotten more weddings than I can remember. I am not […]
The frail light settles in the meeting place where our knowing ends, and the unmeasured begins. Mystery, they […]
Welcome to———Church. I’m DJ Pastor, MC for JC, choosing hymns and fueling souls. Blah, blah, blah. I’m sure […]
Throughout the centuries, different metaphors have been used to describe the Church. Some come directly from Scripture, some […]
A concern I increasingly hear from Christians in this country centers on a perceived fear that they (we) […]
As if caught up in a fever dream, she pushed her way through the crowd of mourners and […]
I am not one to contribute to social media posts. In fact, I have a personal rule that […]
We see it all the time on our social media feeds. “Marked safe” from the LA fires, Hurricane […]
Virginity, once a symbol of spiritual purity and divine offering, has been reduced in modern eyes to a […]
“So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” This is […]