For the longest time, I considered my desire to “be liked” a liability. A weakness. A sort of kryptonite for…
Brian KeepersAugust 9, 2021
Dear Reader,This past week marked twenty years since I graduated from seminary. Some days it feels like yesterday that I…
Brian KeepersMay 17, 2021
In a previous post, I wrote about my conviction that the future of the church in on the margins. Referencing…
Brian KeepersDecember 28, 2020
“We live in a country in epistemological crisis,” David Brooks laments in his most recent op-ed in the New York…
Brian KeepersNovember 28, 2020
Over the past several months I’ve been doing a slow, unhurried read through the book of Jeremiah. It strikes me…
Brian KeepersNovember 23, 2020
When I entered my doctor of ministry program, the first assignment was to write an autobiography of loss. It struck…
Brian KeepersOctober 26, 2020
This past week I had four separate phone conversations with pastors in four different regions of the country. While each…
Brian KeepersAugust 31, 2020
When Covid-19 disrupted our family vacation plans for the summer, it felt like just one more disappointment to pile on…
Brian KeepersAugust 3, 2020
The elder pulled him aside after the worship service. “Can I give you some advice, Pastor?” he asked. “Keep politics…
Brian KeepersJuly 6, 2020
