Back-to-School Report My son is furiously attempting to finish Lord of the Flies. His high school requires students to read a book over summer break,

Becoming a pastor — to say nothing of starting a new church ! — can feel like signing up to open a Blockbuster Video location

I’ve had my friend Ulises and his community on my mind as the Church celebrates the ascension of Jesus. In the holy intrusion of God

The Vigil has become a new/old tradition at my church, and five years on, the “Night of Radiant Splendor” has become my favorite part of

We’re marked most deeply by the myriad others we encounter at closer range: those people, voices, and experiences that shape who we come to be

To this point in Scripture’s story, God speaks and God does things. But, here for the first time, God actually says what God is like.

We associate hospitality with the stuffy dinner party served with the silverware that rarely leaves its cabinet in the dining room.

Because the story of Jesus has become part of the cultural-holiday furniture, many don’t take Jesus any more seriously than Frosty or Rudolf.

The Tokyo-based cultural historian W. David Marx recently published a new book titled Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century. In it, he