A Field Guide to Invasive Weeds at Church
If we think of the church as a garden—or maybe a vineyard, to be more in keeping with Jesus’ kingdom parables—that would suggest that we
If we think of the church as a garden—or maybe a vineyard, to be more in keeping with Jesus’ kingdom parables—that would suggest that we
We can attempt to answer that question any number of ways, but sociology can offer some helpful insights. I read Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith’s
Fortunately, the sociological literature on hope is a growing field. Can a bunch of sociologists offer us some insight on hope? I was recently part
The wan plea Why can’t we all just get along? seems trivial and stupid, but it’s actually a good question, one humans have been asking
Strange how quickly people’s lives fade into oblivion. These people lived their lives, then died. And their stories? What happens to their stories? Maybe a
What distinctive gifts does the church bring to the table? What can we offer, right now, in this moment in history? What gifts of the
Even I have to admit, it looks terrible: broken, rotting stalks, bare dirt, no happy winged visitors. I tell myself there are over-wintering insects in
Miss P recommends relaxed bemusement at the strained and unnecessary efforts of some Christians to claw back holy meaning for Ash Wednesday out of the
We often wonder what God is calling us to do in a particular moment or passage of life. Could we ask ourselves, in such moments,
These candlelit evenings, ancient hope glimmers like a gift,
gleams for a moment, then falters, slips to nothing
in the circling of the