Angels At Large
“Ha ha. Anyway, I’m OK. Actually, I’m in a better place now, you know? Having ‘Angel At Large’ status for a while isn’t so bad.”
“Ha ha. Anyway, I’m OK. Actually, I’m in a better place now, you know? Having ‘Angel At Large’ status for a while isn’t so bad.”
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
This is the commemorative hundredth-anniversary book for Alpine Avenue Christian Reformed Church, the church in which I grew up. The anniversary occurred in 1981 when
One realtor suggests there are something like 1100 former churches for sale in the U.S.
Watching For Our Daughters brought back all my anger. Early on, we see a quick montage of Christian nationalist evangelical influencers peddling their ideology. God
Is it true? Is the church going through upheaval? We can truck in vague pronouncements and “vibes,” but we can also look at data. Thankfully,
“GR, I’m so, so sorry.” Holland stops, turns, and looks GR in the ashen face. “Listen. Do you want to crash at my place for
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
As with the Pew study, PRRI found that religious leadership structures duly release well-meaning statements, and religious people talk a good game about “creation care”