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May 2017

May 01, 2017

Some Thoughts On The Relationship Between Bloggers And The Local Church

I watched a cyclone of furor erupt online last week in response to Tish Harrison Warren's...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

What Do Your Kids Know About Communion?

I taught Sunday School for years. The experience taught me a few things. One essential...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Evangelical Leaders, I’m Listening…

...but it seems to be a little quiet regarding a subject filling the headlines lately....

February 01, 2017

Evangelicalism’s Uneasy Relationship With Qohelet

The world-weary author(s) of Ecclesiastes seems to have been well-acquainted with privilege and power. This...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

Back To Church?

I’ve been blogging for more than a decade,and I’ve written often about spiritual abuse by...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Blue Christmas

Contrary to the song lyrics, it’s not the most wonderful time of the year for...

December 05, 2016

“Thank you for your service” at Church

Popular speaker and author Jen Hatmaker’s recent interview with Jonathan Merrittaffirming same-sex relationships led Lifeway...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Church Leaders: Distrust And Obey?

There are some very good reasons for church leaders not to trust a congregant. Some...

July 2016

July 02, 2016

When Fading Away Becomes “Done”

“Who will officiate at my funeral?” My friend Liz asked this question during a pause...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Good Question: Why Is There A Menorah On The Altar?

If anything, worshipping at a liturgical church has enhanced my gratitude for years of Jewish...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Post-church church leaders: Now what?

What do these people have in common? The single woman in her mid-thirties with $40,000...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement: Voting Republican

Remember when we were gonna not only change the world, but completely rearrange it? The...

January 20, 2016

Can Two-Dimensional Non-Community Be Church?

In a world where many large Protestant churches livestream their services online, where both Catholic...

January 14, 2016

Communion: Remembering To Remember

The church we currently attend* offers communion once-a-month-ish during its worship services. If a special...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

#AdventWord 2015

I've enjoyed participating in this year's #AdventWord Instagram journey with the online community connected with...

December 17, 2015

Jewish Evangelism In Light Of “The Gifts & Calling” Document

I am not Catholic, but am grateful for my Catholic siblings in faith. I've been...

December 15, 2015

Reader’s Theater: Where Love Is, God Is

One of my favorite Leo Tolstoy short stories is "Where Love Is, God Is". It...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Review: Strange Fire, Holy Fire

I wish I could give a copy of Michael J. Klassen's Strange Fire, Holy Fire:...

November 13, 2015

The Jesus Movement’s Unintended Consequences: The Rapture

We’re a generation removed from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960′s and the Rapture still...

November 09, 2015

The Jesus Movement’s Unintended Consequences: Those Campfire Praise Songs

When a renewal movement hits the church, things are bound to get messy. Some of...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

The Ultimate Reformation

Martin Luther had some serious chutzpah. Though his well-documented anti-Semitism sowed some noxious weed-seed in...

October 12, 2015

Old Testament Foundations And Hebrew Roots

I wish more Christians would take an interest in learning the Jewish foundations of their...

September 2015

September 03, 2015

Follow Me, don’t follow me, me or me

In the last week alone, a fairly well-known Bible teacher in the Messianic community, Ligonier Ministries...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

What’s The Big Deal About BDS?

I've been watching various corporations, universities, NGOs and non-profits respond to the demands of the Boycott,...

August 20, 2015

The PTCS Stops Here, Here, Here, and Here

This post is part of the Patheos conversation around the topic of recovery from traumatic...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

What Kind Of Evangelical Am I?

(This post is part of the Patheos "Why I Am Still An Evangelical" conversation.) My...

July 17, 2015

Bread, Circuses, and Skits

When it comes to event planning, I am a person who loves a themed event....

June 2015

June 10, 2015

A Positive Women’s Ministry Story

An update from the Women's Ministry front: I've been at pastel tables featuring tea cups...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

Bring It To Light

My husband and I left the US for Israel on May 21. In the span...

May 07, 2015

Blessed Are The Angsters

Ed Stetzer wrote a helpful post called "Missional Angst and Western Church Norms" about the shift in...