We’ve lived (are living) through a once-in-a-century (we hope) pandemic and warred over masks and mandates. Many, many churches have seen people leave one fellowship for another. Christians increasingly congregate …
Phil Wagler
title: Incarnational Mission author: Samuel Wells There are four ways the church tends to engage society: working for, working with, being with, and being for.
I stopped for a morning coffee and saw an elderly gentleman sitting alone, his Bible open to Jeremiah beside a steaming cup. All around, his peers were boisterous about a hockey …
“Do as I say, not as I do!” Ever heard that? I’ve said it as a parent in those moments when the type of behaviour I desire from my kids …
Our days are full of time. Our days are chronological, even if not always logical. We wake up. We eat breakfast. We head to school, work or appointments. Every day …
I’d had one of those weeks. Most weeks feel like “those” weeks these days. Is that how you feel too? Given my season in life, the week in question included …
I help coach my daughter’s ball hockey team. It’s fun and sometimes head-thumpingly frustrating to watch 7–8 year-olds figure out the nuances of playing a game together. Everyone wants to …
I’m not on Facebook. It’s a conscious choice to maintain my sanity and keep me from one more snaring distraction. I know, I know; I’ve heard and considered all the …
I was invited to a birthday party. A hunched-over 70-something Scottish gentleman from my church family was turning 34. With that kind of math, who wouldn’t want to go? So I …
I’m tired of Christmas, and it’s not even here yet. I’m tired of the buying binges and belligerent advertising. The Halloween candy hasn’t been shifted to the discount aisle, and …
Toward the end of the last decade, Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church made a confession that resonates with many pastors: “We made a mistake. What we should have done …
Let’s say I had an argument with my wife because of my own obtuseness and insensitivity. And, let’s just say that we therefore enjoyed the sound of silence for the …
I was still a teenager when some of the older leaders in my church included me in a meeting I’ll never forget. As they debated the profound and the mundane, pouring …
What do you say when you don’t know what to say? What is left to utter when utterance has become utterly futile? I am in this season. I hope it …
“To err is human; to forgive…” “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Kudos to English poet, Alexander Pope, for one of the most memorable lines of the English language. …