While we busy ourselves singing with children about this “wee little man,” we have missed a powerful ending the song never mentions.
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Shhh…
In stillness and silence, the gut string chord of striving relaxes to the ringing philharmonic of divine sufficiency; it is enough.
Christmas’s War on You
Like an insurgency amid a people we are trying to free, Christmas has decided to go to war with our ideas of Christmas. We are, I’m sad to say, fighting a war on two fronts.
Reflection Roundup: Inhale Grace, Exhale Compassion
We’re all about savoring the moments as they come for the wonderment they contain, regardless of what was expected or seems comparatively lacking.
“Columbine” by Dave Cullen
While the events are deeply moving and almost unbearable, Cullen has not set out to toy with our hearts but to tell us what really happened. (Nonfiction)
A Most Complex Hug
While many feel inspired by this embodiment of love and forgiveness, others believe you cannot hug away decades of racism and police brutality.
Your Church Needs a Domestic Violence Policy
Our tendency to leave our pastoral protocol undefined produces more sorrow than biblical faithfulness.
The Gospel and the Zombies Attacking Our Schools
All too familiar faces appeared, interviewing familiar experts who provided analysis of an all too familiar event: another school shooting.
"Mercy" (A Prayer from Jessica Lemmons)
For the child who went to school and will never come home: we mourn. For the mother who stares at the bed that didn't get made that morning, who must now plan it's occupant's funeral: we mourn.
When Churches Listen to Victims of Domestic Violence
Why does God listen to women like Hagar and my friend? And why should the church do the same?
We Share in Common (2016)
Lord, I don’t understand,
why are we crying out to you?
#BlackLivesMatter and (Mostly) White Churches
As protest and demonstrations swept the nation, united by the banner of #BlackLivesMatter, many (mostly) white churches remained quietly disengaged.
For Boston and West (April 2013)
Lord, our minds are filled
by video clips played over and over:
explosions, debris, and people dying.