Baptism does not promise us chocolates or flowers, but something far greater: life in Christ.
The Promised Land invites us to laugh at how relatable it is to be exhausted and exasperated by all the people, and the egos and opinions they bring with them, that come with living.
Christians can pursue projects of justice free of the burden of being the justifier of the world; that office belongs to Christ and Christ alone.

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In a time of unknown, the Flanigans found comfort in the words of the prayer book and made them truly their own.
Green is the color for “ordinary time” in the liturgical church year. It's the regular time of year that always gets overshadowed by other seasons such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter.
In Defense of Christian Ritual is now available for purchase from 1517 Publishing
So, what do we pray? What do we say? In times of fear, in times of chaos, in unprecedented times, we pray and say the words that have been written on our hearts.
Rituals resist domestication and confront us with a world and worldview brought forth from the Bible and through twenty centuries of Christianity for the purpose of arresting our contemporary worldview through its self-sameness.
I love the liturgy of my church, and ache for its full return. When all the world is changing, and everything is disrupted, what comes to mind is what is unchanging: the grace of God.
This post contains notes on orders of service, texts, and hymns for your midweek Lent services.
We sing, and in so doing, we are blessed as we are instilled with the word of God in word and song.
The minister’s clothing represents his office of service, derived from the ministry of Christ, and never himself.
The majority of churches still use the traditional eight-sided font. The question I’d like to explore in this post is, “Why?”
“In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."
Many Christians (including preachers) have succumbed to the idea that good preaching must be about practical living, and so most sermons are geared to scratch this pragmatic itch.