Category: Church Culture

Reflections on performed faith with Kanye, George Orwell, and Cameron Dezen Hammon’s This is my Body. I’ve been thinking lately about an old joke you sometimes hear tossed

For a recent academic project, I set out to analyze the top twenty-five worship songs according to CCLI.  My findings about the music were what you might suspect

I had gone into the show feeling like my part was disposable and not important to the story. But by the end I understood that every actor on

Here’s something a little lighthearted for your Monday: the life of a single, female pastor as told by 20 Liz Lemon gifs. It’s Lent. Things feel a little

Despite what the naysayers will tell you, there can be good reasons to leave a church. Sadly, it’s usually a leadership issue. A toxic minister can run a

Last Tuesday, I took time out on a work night to go to the movies and watch a documentary about the Pope. (I know. I really know how

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 your chest as

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 of Stanley Hauerwas’

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, baggy GAP t-shirts,

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. Every day, we