Do something nice for yourself every day
Here’s a radical idea for Lent: Don’t give anything up. Instead, add something positive to your life every day.
Ashes to ashes: The Ash Wednesday pathway to restoration
As I have aged, I have found myself suspicious of the popular Christian practice of giving something up for Lent. If you’re like me, you’ve lost a lot over the years, and perhaps you find surrendering even more an annoying and uncalled for notion.
The soul of the Union
Victory demands a country and a free world united against the archaic proposition that war, not peace and justice, is the way to solve our problems.
A slow church alternative to door-to-door evangelism
The conversations were an exercise in slow church. They took time but they were worth every second. Because of those conversations the ministry at Judson Church is now more focused and is directed not by what we think others need and want, but by what they have told us they need and want.
Testing positive
What is a Christian leader’s responsibility to the overall mood of an institution? Is absorbing rage that comes their way simply part of the job? Are leaders required to act happy, even when angry people are treating them badly?
Running the race, watching for God
Truth be told, I don’t really enjoy running all that much. But at the same time, I think that running is the closest I come most days to finding God in the ordinary.