
Poem: The Lord Mighty In Battle
A poem from southern poet Debbie Harris, inspired by psalm 24

A poem from southern poet Debbie Harris, inspired by psalm 24

What might the church of the future look like? I have an idea. It has to do with bread and alfalfa, clay and earth. People and food and music and a park.

In this second part of our series The Evangelical Shift, we look at liturgy; how it attracts and how it can be stumbling block for those coming from non-liturgical, evangelical backgrounds.

You may feel that the pledge or gift is “in” and that the whole, long process of cultivating and then asking for the gift is over; but you are wrong. In a way, it has only just begun.

This love, which we have seen in Jesus Christ and in which we share through the Holy Spirit, can change our world

What do we gain by developing a practice of prayer throughout each day?

We review Rachel G Hackenberg & Martha Spong new book Denial is my spiritual practice (and other failures of faith)

Anesthetizing my pain with busy-ness means I do not FEEL my pain or FACE my demons. But both lay waiting for me.

The key to raising major gifts is to avoid standing over, beneath or against your donor and instead, stand WITH your donor.

The Holy Spirit is not for the faint of heart. Our God, says the letter to the Hebrews, is a consuming fire.