Most Christians are comfortable talking about God. Most Christians are comfortable talking about Jesus. Many Christians are even comfortable talking about the Holy Spirit. But when the conversation turns to the Trinity, people often become unsure how to express this …
One of the assumptions that has become increasingly common in modern Western culture is the idea that there are two kinds of people: religious people and non-religious people. Religious people are those who believe in God, attend worship services, read …
The first winter storm blew in yesterday, blanketing our world in white. Although our churches are moving into Advent, and trying to restrain congregational urges to match consumerist hype that we are in the Christmas season, my mind still drifts …
19 months ago, I officiated at my doctor’s funeral. Technically he was not my primary care doctor at the time of his death, since he had retired a few years earlier. But I could not meet him anywhere without considering …
The discernment process marks the initial step towards rejuvenating the church. Rather than overlooking the existing strengths in the church’s cultural framework, the renovation process celebrates these sturdy foundations, propelling us towards a future brimming with hope and divine purpose. …
By and large, today’s new cults of and for the Remixed are what I will call “intuitional religions.” By this, I mean that their sense of meaning is based in narratives that simultaneously reject clear-cut creedal metaphysical doctrines and institutional …
I believe in God. I’m not a religious fanatic. I can’t remember the last time I went to church. My faith has carried me a long way. It’s Sheilaism. Just my own little voice … It’s just trying to love …
If there is no hope, there is no future. In his 1992 novel The Children of Men (Made into a movie of the same name in 2006), P.D. James tells of a future where no children are born. James insists …
“…there’s an extraordinary wave of depression and anxiety in teens and adults, for example. There was one analysis that said that 44 percent of American 8th, 10th, and 12th graders report feeling, at times, that, quote, ‘my life is not …
