“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. ” (Matt. 28:19-20 NIV) Do you ever worry that your mission field is too small? I do. When I get letters from missionary friends, many of […]
If you come from a more informal background, or you grew up celebrating Easter only on Sunday with an egg hunt and basket of candy, you might not know that this is Holy Week, which began on Palm Sunday, the celebration of Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem–his last week of ministry. Today is Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, the gateway […]
If you haven’t already, you’re almost certain to encounter someone in your personal life who is going through a season in which her* faith is shifting, something that has been labeled as “faith deconstruction.” For Christians, especially evangelicals, who are not themselves experiencing a period of deconstruction, discovering that a friend or family member–someone who likely used to share her […]
Last year, before COVID-19 shut down churches, we walked into our non-denominational church on the first Sunday of Lent and found a printed copy of a Lenten prayer at every seat. I internally jumped for joy. When it comes to all the liturgical things–well, you could just say that after decades of sola scriptura-type church services which passed over things […]
Last April, I wrote a version of this post for The Glorious Table, and I happened upon it again the other day. It struck me that today, almost a year into the uncertainty of the pandemic–not to mention the other uncertainties of life–I am just as much in need of practices that quiet my spirit as I was then, maybe […]
When the pandemic began in 2020, and the city I live in went into its first lockdown, I remember thinking, “We’ll make the best of it. We’ll hunker down and be cozy at home. We’ll eat lots of homemade soup. We’ll bake. We’ll craft. We’ll be the Ingalls family during the long winter.” Our usual in-person commitments became digital, and […]
