The One Thing Your Pastor Isn't Telling You

by | Sep 21, 2021 | General

It’s time someone speak up for the “hired hand”October is Pastor Appreciation Month.Your pastor needs you to notice.Your pastor needs you to celebrate.Your pastor needs you to make it a big deal.Your pastor needs to know that you … well, that you...

Weariness, Work Ethics, and the Witches of Salem

by | Sep 6, 2021 | General

Whatever happened to Labor Day?It’s Labor Day Weekend. The one day a year where we honor our national labor force by giving them the day off. Well, not all of them. We still want to be able to shop those end-of-season retail sales and rush over to WalMart to grab some...

What is the Greatest Threat to the Church?

by | Aug 22, 2021 | General

How the modern church’s response to pandemics breaks with 2,000 years of traditionIn 1983, Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority released a shocking cover of their monthly newsletter. Founded 4 years earlier, the Moral Majority sought build a coalition among a new voting...

When a Meme Makes You Rethink Your Childhood

by | Aug 16, 2021 | General

There’s a meme that I’ve seen make the rounds on social media over the last 6 months. I saw it a lot, then it went away for awhile, came back for a season, then snuck away again… until this week, when I saw it resurrected itself on the page of a childhood hero.Perhaps...

How Should a Christian Respond to COVID?

by | Aug 10, 2021 | General

The Church’s most important defining moment in generations is upon usA few months ago, the highly respected Pew Research Center found that 45% of white evangelical adults had made a decision to not be vaccinated.1 45% ! That number amounts to 14 million people...

All Lives [Don’t] Matter

by | Jul 30, 2021 | General

The Current Cancer Overtaking the ChurchI’ve seen varying versions of this advertisement—as well as the sentiment behind it—a lot over the last year, but the frequency is growing.Most concerning to me, though, is the strong uptick in deeply-churched people posting...