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If we think of the church as a garden—or maybe a vineyard, to be more in keeping with Jesus’ kingdom parables—that would suggest that we
We can attempt to answer that question any number of ways, but sociology can offer some helpful insights. I read Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith’s
One way or another, probably all of us are pondering the possibility of hope these days. Some days we “feel” hope, some days we “do”
We are becoming merely homo phagon—humans who consume, from the Greek phago, to devour. We are all mouth.
Of course, things could be worse. You could find yourself in a frightening blank nothingness in which you can’t find any WiFi. You might have
Even if we build various systems and institutions to help us do that lamb-feeding work, every day is still, in essence, an exercise in coming
Domination and destruction are easy and cruel. Serving, building, creating: that takes humility, which is true strength. So how can we provide a counter-narrative in
This is the commemorative hundredth-anniversary book for Alpine Avenue Christian Reformed Church, the church in which I grew up. The anniversary occurred in 1981 when
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.” I believe I have reached the age where I start to
