Dear Church Leader, Are you hung over today? No matter what your church tradition, you’re coming off the most intense worship schedule of your Church calendar. [read more]

Last Friday, Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics blog ran my post entitled “Like Valerie Harper, We’re All Terminal“. In it, I contended that we in the Church talk a lot about eternal life, but we stink at helping each other deal with death. After I wrote the Valerie Harper post, but prior to it being published, I received a series…

I used to go over to my friend Ginnie Lange’s home and wonder at the amount of family photos she’d grouped on many of the walls of her home or clustered in frames on shelves, a sideboard or atop the piano. There were, as I recall, a few of those happy-police-line-up-style Olan Mills/Sears-type portraits of…

What appears to be pristine theology, presented in user-friendly form, may in fact be a deadly assault weapon. A young friend was struggling with how to trust God as she faced infertility. She didn’t feel as though the Ladies Bible study crew at her church would be the best place for her to process her…

Reed and Linda* relocated to a new city so Reed could lead a faith-based nonprofit organization after many years of pastoring a church. It took the family several months to find a new church home, which was a disconcerting experience for them after spending so long at the helm of their former church. They finally…

Please check it out: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/pilgrimsroadtrip/2013/02/doesthatbaggage/ I’ll be posting there, and adding links to those posts here. A new adventure begins!