Is It Wrong That I Haven’t Missed Missing Church? I haven’t gone to church for the past two weeks. First, I was sick and stayed home to sleep. Last week, my wife and I headed off for a church that met in an office complex, but the doors were...
Reflecting on Church #30: The Bait and Switch With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #30. We also attended Sunday school at this church, the...
Can You Have a Meaningful Online Spiritual Community? Many years ago, when public access to the Internet was in its infancy and dialup was the only means to connect, I pondered the idea of church online. The World Wide Web did not exist then, so...
Reflecting on Church #29: Let’s Pursue a New Testament Model for Church With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #29. With their minister...
I often write about the importance of being in meaningful community with other followers of Jesus. I also lament that churches frequently fail to provide significant community. While many churches offer superficial community, few are able to...
Reflecting on Church #28: The Allure of Christian Mystic With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #28. Steeped in ritual resulting from...
Where Do We Find Christian Community? As I consider biblical spirituality, I feel a strong pull to community, a place where significant spiritual connections occur. This should be our experience at church, the reality of church, but it seldom is...
Reflecting on Church #27: Worshiping God Despite a Bad Attitude With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #27. I thoroughly enjoyed the worship...
When Less is More: Pursuing Quality Over Quantity I read a lot of magazines. For some I pay a subscription, others are free, and a few just show up. It used to be most magazines came out every month, but with increased costs, decreased...
Women in the Bible: The Widow of Zarephath During a long drought and famine, God sends Elijah away from Israel to the city of Zarephath in Sidon where God directs a widow, a foreigner, to give Elijah food. When Elijah reaches the town gates, he...
