Deeper Walk
Experiencing Lent Beyond Fasting Doing more than just “giving up” something during this period of fasting. Read more |
Trapped by the Search for Significance Why our search for fulfillment can be an opportunity—and a risk. Read more |
The Many Lessons of Ash Wednesday Why an ancient—and strange—tradition still has a lot to teach us. Read more |
The Gospel is Not a Quick-Fix The call of Jesus is far more radical than we think. Read more |
Devotion
A Grace-Dependent Life1, 2, 3 drinks. It’s all gone blurry and I can’t find my way to the bathroom. Th... Read more |
How to Sell the Son of GodI worked in customer service for years; first at restaurants and then in finance... Read more |
Miracles in Our StoriesWe all have stories about our friends; crazy things they have done and things th... Read more |
The Assaulted SamaritanMy friend Aaron and I were enjoying some steak quesadillas at our favorite taco ... Read more |
Mission
Invisible Children's Jason Russell Talking to the co-founder about the million dollars, Uganda and T-shirts. Read more |
The Good News About Haiti This catastrophe has glimmers of hope that compel us to do more—and re... Read more |
Busted: 5 Myths Of Disaster Relief As people rush to help Haiti, we need to be aware of five common myths of hu... Read more |
Taking Pictures Against Poverty Tomorrow's Help-Portrait event seeks to give people hope through photography... Read more |
Church
Is There a Church Mutiny Afoot? Are young adult ministries killing the church? Read more |
I Live with Another Man's Wife The challenges and rewards of intentional community. Read more |
How Should We Think About Selling Jesus? Looking at the big business of consumer Christianity. Read more |
The Biggest Waste of Space in America Why are so many of our churches empty almost every day? Read more |
Blog
Do We Really Need Another Worship Song?The worship leader concluded the familiar praise song and strummed his guitar as... Read more |
Church Members AnonymousWhat’s the difference between a church member and a member of Alcoholics Anonymo... Read more |
Preparing for LentAsh Wednesday is nine days away, and for that I am both thankful and relieved. I... Read more |
A Place to Be HonestRecently, I spoke to a friend who told me she likes (really, really likes) a guy... Read more |
Worship
Your Worship Isn't Enough Worship is more than a song. But the song really matters, too. Read more |
Honest Worship with The Glorious Unseen The worship band is asking hard questions and making a different kind of music... Read more |
The Pitfalls of Worship MusicIt’s a bad time to be in the concert business, or the music business in general.... Read more |
Entering the Worship CircleFundamental to Enter the Worship Circle (EWC) is material that is birthed from t... Read more |
