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

In the last few weeks we have seen a major uproar in the Christian culture regarding the comments that John MacArthur made concerning Beth Moore – a prominent

It was a warm Sunday in July when I got to wear a swimsuit to church, a Little Mermaid one, in fact. My mother fussed over my hair

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

Puddles don’t form when I water the rose bushes. The stream runs straight down. I take a walk, stepping over cracks, some of them as wide as my

In Scripture we find numerous places where people use weapons for self-defense. Jesus even commissions his followers to purchase swords for that very purpose. In the historical context

I missed the turn. Night falls faster than it did a month ago, quicker than it did last week—I didn’t see Farm to Market Road 3356 when I

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