Our little church on the Mississippi coast didn’t have a baptistry. Sometimes folks got baptized in the swimming pool at the apartment complex down the street. Other times
The fields of neurology and psychology tell us that journaling can be quite healthy for us emotionally, but in reading St. Augustine’s Confessions, I realized journaling can be
According to USA Today, most new year’s resolutions fail by January 17. As hectic schedules barge in to sabotage idealized morning routines, that mid-January slump can be a
How do we handle the tension between predestination and free-will? When we reach a cross-roads in our life, do we have a creator God who set everything in
In the last post on this Blog, Dr. Christine Jones discussed the differences between performed faith and lived faith. You can read it here. Her words got me
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
Dairmad MacCulloch, writer of the impressive history Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, has also written a summary of the concept of silence throughout the Christian tradition. MacCulloch’s
We’re all probably familiar with the benefits of mindfulness practices such as Tai Chi, meditation, and contemplative prayer, which is an ancient Christian mindfulness tradition. But when I
