“Mom, can we leave now?” my four-year-old whispered (Thank God!) to me as the Sunday sermon began. “No, not yet,” I whispered back. “Ugh, waiting is sooo haaaaard,” she responded. This is a response she has been dolling out a lot lately—when I can’t stop…
Read MoreFor a number of decades in the United States, the church has worked hard to hold in tension a dichotomy between so-called “Traditional” and “Contemporary” worship. One could argue about the various sources of this dichotomy (and I commend to you the many liturgical historians who are charting the various liturgical…
Read More“Do you think we are going to make it?” Every vocation asks this eventually. When husband and wife see beyond the fig leaves that covered all the shame during courtship and early marriage, one asks “Are we going to make it?” When friendship hits that make-or-break moment, one asks, “Is this friendship worth it?” Some vocations…
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