3 Lessons Shakespeare Has for the Church

My wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary a few weeks ago by attending a performance of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. The experience reminded me of a few things that might be applied to the church. Here are...

3 Things You May Have Forgotten about Faith

On April 9, 1945, after spending two years in a concentration camp, Lutheran pastor and theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was executed by the Nazis. Bonhoeffer was imprisoned for being involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler and couched his resistance to the Nazis as...

For Struggling Millennials, 14 Christmas Truths

Research suggests that trust in the church is rapidly declining, and that millennials – roughly those in their 20s and early 30s – have trouble connecting to church today. They don’t feel free to ask real questions and express real doubt in our faith...

Everyone Harbors Hidden Gifts. What’s Yours?

When Jesus went to the wedding at Cana (see John 2), he was not the Messiah. He was not a miracle worker or healer. He was not a teacher. He was not a spiritual leader. He was not the Son of God. No one had ever called him “King of kings” or “Lord of...

How to Astonish a Society That’s Seen It All

When was the last time you astonished someone with your courage? Or astonished anyone with anything, for that matter? When was the last time you let yourself be astonished by someone else? People these days can be tough to impress, much less astonish. We like to think...