Church Isn’t the Place to Avoid Hard Questions

Do you like questions? I question how much I like questions. Sure, for someone like me who likes to have a good discussion or debate, questions are a powerful tool. They can innocently be used to obtain new information or they can be used coyly to try and trap someone...

When You Struggle to Love Your Neighbor

“The most damaging idolatry is not the golden calf but enmity against the other.” The renowned anthropologist, Rene Girard, wrote that, and its truth is not easily admitted. Most of us like to believe that we are mature and big-hearted and that we do love...

12 Healthy Trends Emerging in Revitalizing Churches

There are a lot of adjectives that can be used to describe churches: Vibrant churches, mega churches, healthy churches, dying churches, transitioning churches and emerging churches, just to name a few. While some may propose that vitality and relevance only exist in...