Church

“I have this thing and I need to convey it to these people who are gathered here.”

It’s not every day that I’m near the church of a man whose rise (and fall) was the topic of so much controversy.

The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Guilty

Where God is often consigned to rituals and grace is incidental.

Wendall Berry’s How It Went and Some Wisdom From Will Willimon

When Sanctuary Is Safe

Church, State, and Vladimir Putin’s Holy War

Taking Children’s Ministry Seriously (But Not Too Seriously)

What enables the words of the preacher reverberate past one’s defenses and inspire faith?

After a few years of devastating blows or tiny, constant cuts, what remains at the bottom of your well?

Ministry can feel impossible, lonely, scary, frustrating, and beautiful, all at the same time.

All the Dysfunction, Few of the Perks