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“Do yourself a favor and take two Advil before you get there,” a friend said. And I laughed, even though it wasn’t funny. Sometimes I laugh to keep

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

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

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

Second-Degree Plant-Slaughter I am a terrible gardener. My two requirements of office plants is that they 1) be able to withstand neglect for long stretches of time, and

The phrase “biblical hospitality” gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? Dorothea H. Bertschmann from Durham University writes about ancient Jewish hospitality customs, helping

Mixed-Up Theology and Patriotic Hymns In one of the churches I attended as a young child, we held patriotic services at least once a year. It was the

A few years ago, the late Rachel Held Evans guested on The Liturgists podcast to talk about a rather erudite, heady issue: What is the difference between being

Many of us look forward to the summer. It represents a time to get away from our usual schedules. It affords opportunity to travel, take time off, and