Spirituality
I. To be a people called by God means being odd. This is what Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon claim in Resident Aliens, their classic
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Church History
I recently saw an article in National Geographic that read Has the Signature of Biblical Prophet “Isaiah” Been Discovered? In the article, it is revealed
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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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Music
Have you ever noticed how many love songs are about the first flush of love or about the confusing ups and downs and losses 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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Current Events
One of the more challenging classes I took in seminary was oddly enough not the big, wooly bear known as “systematic theology” (the study of
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Books
The tree is packed away and the last of the Christmas goodies is nothing but extra pounds on the scale. Perhaps, like me, you feel
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Uncategorized
As 2018 begins, it marks 12 years that I have been doing ministry with Pop-Culture and Christianity. Over the last decade I have always tried
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Spirituality
Light and Darkness Christmas is a time of joy. Both Isaiah (Chapter 9) and the Gospel of John (Chapter 1) use the imagery of light
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Holiday Season
My husband hates the song “Silent Night.” He mostly thinks the music is boring and sleep-inducing (fitting for a lullaby, of course), but this year
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