Prayer of the Body, for the Body, of Christ
A prayer “that, as the Bride of Christ, we will continue to learn to ‘walk in beauty’ with our fellow man and God." - Mark Charles
Counting the cost, going with God
The only way to walk free from the roles and expectations that abusive systems force upon you is to keep following Jesus as he gets the system out of you.
Sabotage, coerce, shame: Bullying in the church
It’s agonizing to be bullied – and it can happen to an adult, in the church. People eager to control, plot to sabotage, coerce, shame.
Sisters uncover cruelty hidden in plain sight
Decades ago, Sarah and Angelina Grimké told the truth with compassion and courage. Still today, the sisters can help us uncover cruelty hidden in plain sight.
Isn’t it time to leave the past behind?
God wants to lift from our shoulders staggering burdens that generations have needlessly carried. He wants to show us the way to send away the past that binds.
Celebrity culture in the church
It’s alluring, deceiving and so pervasive you may live and breathe it, and not see it. How to recognize celebrity culture in the church.
When church leaders bully people and reject God
The day I realized what I had been seeing for years, it broke my heart: church leaders bullying people, rejecting God, leading their followers to do the same.
The blessing of rest
Real rest is so different from what I had thought. It’s so much more expansive, and desirable, and enjoyable. And it’s so very vital. Thing is, I desperately needed real rest long before I knew I needed it. I had no clue how rest-deprived I was.
Four questions – about Trump, Evangelicals, self-deception and the Civil War
A true story from the past it seems important to tell. Four questions about the present it seems important to ask.
The great righteousness-justice divide
Ultimately, collectively, the church quenched the Spirit’s voice in order to embrace the society’s values. The church began to preach - and to try to live - a righteousness unencumbered with justice. But. God.