Church Culture
There is soft, ambient music playing as suddenly, the voice of the speaker mellows to a hushed tone. You feel your heart rising inside of
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Church Culture
I. “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” My training in Philosophy might be summarized as taking this saying to an extreme. To borrow one
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Church Culture
I remember middle school well. I wish I didn’t- it was not a good time for 13 year-old Kristen, whose daily uniform included overall shorts,
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Church Culture
During one very hot Texas summer many years ago, I went with a group of high school students to Harlingen, Texas for a mission trip.
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Church Culture
I recently took a job and moved back to Dallas from Raleigh, North Carolina and an old friend showed up to help. She is relentlessly
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Church Culture
This is a confession about how I encountered Jesus at work in my home church and how, through this encounter, I now find myself on
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Church Culture
“Community” has been a church buzz-word for the last few years. It refers not to our neighborhoods (as in, “community service”), but to an ideal
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Arts & Culture
Les Miserables is one of those “love it” or “hate it” musicals. People have very strong opinions about it either way. On one hand, it
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Church Culture
When I was a young girl in a traditional Southern Baptist Church, if you asked me what Easter was about, I would have told you
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Church Culture
“I don’t understand why you Protestants have to talk so much,” Maeve said as she sipped her tea. “Well, we have a lot of theology
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