While we want to create safety, we honestly can’t—at least for the most part. Jesus certainly didn’t play it safe. His ministry was risky from day one.
All tagged safety
Human Trafficking: A Church Issue?
As Christians, we strive to be more Christlike: to see marginalized people in their pain and vulnerability. To listen to them and their stories. To give them the kind of love that Jesus showed the outcasts.
Be the Church: An Onsite and Online Congregational Initiative for COVID-19 and Beyond
We are asking everyone in our church family – whether onsite or online – to do three things each week: love, grow, and worship.
Reopening After COVID-19: Treating Our Worship Spaces as Workplaces Rather Than Theaters
I think it’s time to think creatively about how to reopen churches in a way that honors both God and neighbor.
From Despair to Hope
The world often makes us feel hopeless. But God gives us a different message in the midst of despair: hope.
A Journey of Inclusion (Part 1)
Inclusion means that the congregation embraces the inherent value in all voices and seeks to make them an active part of the whole.
Creating a Safe Space
Jesus touches people and heals them. He defends them against their accusers. He embraces the unembraceable.
Your Church Needs a Domestic Violence Policy
Our tendency to leave our pastoral protocol undefined produces more sorrow than biblical faithfulness.
Consider the Birds
The kingdom of God isn’t just something small that grows large. It’s a tree where birds come to build their nests.
How the Church Can End Eating Disorder Stigma
The thing I am most haunted by are my clients who have been harmed by the church. The church should never be a stumbling block to recovery.
The Dog Bit My Nose
Being trauma informed doesn’t excuse someone else’s bad behavior; it invites you to offer a healing presence in order to establish deeper relationship.
Social Media to Sanctuary: Moving the Conversation to the Pews
Jesus calls us into the uncomfortable to lift the voices of those previously unheard—so that when we hear #metoo, we can boldly respond with #nomore.
The Samaritan Woman and the Church's Response to #MeToo
Is it too implausible that, instead of a sinner, Christ saw a woman who was a victim of abandonment and abuse in desperate need of his living water in a world that deemed her unworthy?
The Tension between Invitation Versus Protection and Why You Should Never Eat Mediocre Food in Mississippi
It’s no wonder that it’s not only easy for me to want to share this part of Jesus with others, I simply can’t wait to do exactly that.