Church
Navigating the immigration labyrinth with two pastors facing deportation
We gathered in an ICE parking lot. Not to protest, but to show that we cared.
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the myth of self-reliance
The people we deem invisible are holding us together right now.
Christianity’s explosive growth in Kenya
A nation’s rapid population growth and its complex religious impacts
Amid Detroit’s housing crisis, tiny homes offer residents new hope
A project that helps build pride, confidence, and community
Thinking about Good Friday during a pandemic
This year the Solemn Reproaches are speaking to me in a new way.
The church out in the world (Matthew 21:1-11)
In October of 1989, word came down from Moscow: the peace prayers in Leipzig must be stopped.
How mainline Protestants got involved in urban renewal
Mark Wild complicates the conventional account of postwar white flight.
On not getting used to this
My spiritual practices have long been communal ones. I love people—and their presence.
Four guidelines for improvising pastoral leadership through a pandemic
How do ministers lead in unnavigated territory? How do we hold out hope in the face of despair?
Death and the grace of “it is finished”
At a recent funeral, some churchgoers were surprised by my choice of texts.
Staying connected during the COVID-19 pandemic
What does it mean to be the church when we can’t be together?
The gifts of small church during a pandemic
Our Sunday Zoom service was deeply moving. It was also a little awkward, but we know how to roll with that.
The strange, humbling ritual of foot washing
It makes me uncomfortable. That’s by design.
Four years after my mother died, we still haven’t scattered her ashes
They’re in a plastic bag in my closet.
Youth ministry isn’t about fun
How one youth leader stopped being a chief counselor of fun and discovered something better.
10 guidelines for pastoral care during the coronavirus outbreak
How can we accompany people through this valley of anxiety, fear, and death?
John Henry Newman’s impact
Eamon Duffy’s short biography of the first English saint canonized since the Reformation
In Europe, church taxes are voluntary. People pay them anyway.
But for how long?