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Unlocking the bigger picture
There’s a paradox in understanding other people—to being open to hear them and in their words not telling the whole story to us.
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What do we do now?
When we are stuck in a fog and don’t know what we’re supposed to do, how do we see our way out of it? What will actually help us?
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Sometimes we aren’t fighting over the same thing
We like to make things simple. Either/ or. Us against Them. But community is full of neighbors, none of whom fully think alike.
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More than a Show
Pentecost is a spectacle of power and grace. Our response to it can be shallow; which means we miss its true revolutionary message.
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The whole is greater than the sum
The challenge for postmodern society is hiding in plane sight. We have forgotten that we are better together—and that we even exists.
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The problem with footwashing
When Jesus washes the feet of his disciples on Maundy Thursday, he is showing them the kind of grace that we’re still afraid of.
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Wading through grace
This one verse, John 3:16, is treated like an evangelism tool. The whole experience is of a verse taken completely out of context.
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Evangelism is more than Bible verses
The idea of putting a verse’s notation out into the world, hoping someone will open a Bible and be converted to Christ is just weird.