I hear many positive experiences of church. Sometimes I wish this net of stories could be cast wider though. Beyond hearing entrance stories, I wish I could hear every exit story too.

A political reflection on Jesus, Pilate, AR-15’s, battle hymns, evangelicals, and Trump for Holy Week.

Jesus calls us to drop our palm branch causes in favor of a different, better way.

You need the church, and the church needs you.

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Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? —Matthew 6:26

You were right to leave church for that.

The songs we sing back to God should, of course, be honest. But, they should also be holy—as God is holy. How do we strike the balance between honesty and reverence?

People get in debates about the mission of the church and talk about it in really abstract ways. Sometimes this leads to people saying or thinking, “The church should just preach the gospel.” Well, should it?

Why we should talk about sex more than we do.

True leadership does not demand and take. True leadership serves and gives.

Is it possible for a Christian to be “spiritual but not religious”?