I am a recovering first born, a recovering Martha and a recovering “human doing” who is learning to be a human being...
At our first meeting she told me she was a “prayer warrior.” I nodded, not knowing enough about what she meant to..
Books are like friends — both have an inordinate influence in your life. I have two middle schoolers and I know the..
I remember a summer evening gathering of the history department where I was a Ph.D. candidate. Faculty and other doctoral students began..
The revised “Book of Common Worship” offers this explanation of the prayers of intercession in the Service for the Lord’s Day: “Prayers..
Guest commentary by Alina Kanaski “Have you found a church yet?” As a graduated, unemployed call-seeker, I hear this question several times..
The Pandora app turns your car into a time machine. The app lets you create your own radio station. You don’t..
I was geared up for a battle. I had just announced to the congregation that my spouse and I were expecting our..
“Go outside. Look up. Secret of life.” – Anne Lamott My wife and I are raising our children only about 30 miles..
Garfield Street, Washington, D.C. My mother is standing in the doorway of her bedroom. Then she turns to the bureau to fold..
Why do we need Sabbath? I was given a review copy of “Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World” by..
Author’s note: This is a work of fiction. However, “Connecting Grace” is a real initiative of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, in..
Guest commentary by Lara Hauser I was recently invited to give the charge to the congregation at the installation of a dear..
This week we asked our bloggers to reflect on their ordinations. Here are their blogs. What was the most difficult decision I ever..
This week we asked our bloggers to reflect on their ordinations. Here are their blogs. I can’t really remember my ordination vows. Not..
I learned to run by chasing my father. To wait on a front stoop with laced shoes was to demand entrance into..
It was Sunday morning and there we were, clustered together, in a little church on the south side of Chicago. We were..
I write this from the passenger seat of Jill Duffield’s car. On the dashboard a plastic Jesus bobs, his palms lifted upwards..
This week we asked our bloggers to reflect on their ordinations. Here are their blogs. I’ve wanted to be a pastor since..
The title of the project that has culminated in the articles you will find in this issue of the Outlook is ambitious,..
Guest commentary by Melissa Ramos How many scholars in the church can read the biblical languages — and I mean really read them?..
“Now listen up,” the father said to his son during coffee hour at church. “Your pastor has some wisdom to offer you..
To my brother John MacArthur, You recently wrote a post warning the selling out of the gospel for social justice fad. Like..
Karl Barth is reported to have advised young Christians to hold their Bible in one hand and their newspaper in the other...
By most popular North American accounts, the European church is dying. Old, tired and running out of energy. Soon the last..
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