Brian Bantum
What’s special about a church building?
How many buildings do we pass by in our daily lives where we could simply walk in, sit down, and participate?
What’s special about a church building?
How many buildings do we pass by in our daily lives where we could simply walk in, sit down, and participate?
The great man theory is poison for the church
The problem isn’t just that it exists. It’s that so many ministers fall for it.
A pulpit without a context
I asked ChatGPT for a sermon. What it wrote seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere.
Praying the hours with W. H. Auden
The poet’s Horae Canonicae sequence is an underappreciated spiritual classic.
Facing a world on fire
The contemplative life is about getting closer to reality, not retreating from it.
The wilderness of a rural ministry circuit
I’m now a half-time “missional coach” to a six-church parish. I have many questions.
Feeling God in a modernist cathedral-in-progress
While other churches have filled me with wonder, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia brought tears to my eyes.
Phoning home
God, like an attuned parent, hears not just the words we say but also the hidden parts of our hearts.
Too much mystery?
Leaving evangelicalism allowed me to embrace the mystery of faith. I wonder if I’ve taken it too far.
What does ‘Christian nationalism’ even mean?
Could it really be all the different things people say it is?
Tear gas over the soccer field
“You’re welcome to take it back home with you,” my Palestinian friend said as I looked at the US-made canister in my hand. “Actually, take all of them.”
What does it mean to be an inclusive church?
Being a community means welcoming those with diverse views, not cocooning oneself with like-minded people.
The great man theory is poison for the church
Phoning home
Praying the hours with W. H. Auden
Feeling God in a modernist cathedral-in-progress
What does it mean to be an inclusive church?
What does ‘Christian nationalism’ even mean?
Facing a world on fire
What’s special about a church building?
A pulpit without a context
Too much mystery?
How empires spread religion
The wilderness of a rural ministry circuit
Tear gas over the soccer field
Speaking in two tongues
Religiously fluid
My son the PK said no to baptism
One person’s self-made hell
Movement of the soul