Many of Jesus’s most obvious teachings are ignored. His teaching on conflict in the church is straightforward, profound, bold, and … never really followed.
All by Adam Daniels
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! (A Primer on How to Fight in Church)
If a church doesn’t learn how to fight, war is the inevitable and unenviable outcome.
The Same Old Thing This New Year
Will this new year bring anything that is actually new? Or will the globe keep spinning as it always has?
Marshmallows, Advent, and Waiting for the Best
Advent is the season of waiting, so they say. Waiting for the Messiah king to come. Waiting for God to show up.
Jesus’s 12 Rules for Life (Part 3)
The most important things in life are things you can’t buy. Go outside more. Step back for a minute. God is closer than you think.
Jesus’s 12 Rules for Life (Part 2)
Treat people like they’re more than their body parts. Don’t be flaky. Practice being kind and loving even to people you think don’t deserve it. Don’t draw too much attention to yourself.
Jesus’s 12 Rules for Life (Part 1)
Actually trying these things lets you in on a new reality buried right here in the midst of this one. Jesus called it the kingdom of heaven.
Australian Jesus and the Boomerang of Judgment
We shouldn’t be judgmental, right? Saturday morning cartoons and countless sitcoms have taught us as much.
Weary (A Poem for the Perplexed in this Political Age)
Mankind. An oxymoron? A question? One part man, less parts kind, One wonders what peace there we can find …
When We All Get to Heaven (A Reflection on Matthew 25:31-46)
Once there was a selfish man who died and went to heaven. When he arrived he was greeted at the front door by Jesus.
Backwards: A Dangerous Reading of Matthew 6
The Time: Sunday Morning. The Scene: A buzz fills the room as people exchange pleasantries. The lead pastor/minister takes the stage.
The Shape of Water and the Shape of the Church
There is a sort of madness in Christianity these days. And not just the fact that everyone seems to be mad.
When to Quit, and When to Persevere
Quitting has become a dirty word of sorts, reserved either for the obviously lazy or morally repugnant. Especially in church and leadership circles.
The Missing Christian Leader
Never before in history have so many of the earth’s most blessed people felt so opposite. This might lead us to ask that if the answers we all seek aren’t in the middle of all the action
Living Creatively in a Destructive World
The world seems to be tearing itself apart these days, and even the smallest act of creativity is needed. Good luck out there.
Arguing with Brené
Brené Brown and her writing on vulnerability and shame have made waves throughout the West as millions are finding help and healing in her work.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
The book itself is a type of spiritual memoir, which seems to never really go out of style as a genre, but is also a brutal commentary on evangelical Christianity.
Soulitude: Facing the Monsters of Leadership
Community has become such a buzzword in the American church that it seems like the miracle suave for all our ills, and in many ways it is.
Dancing with Suffering
“We live stitch by stitch, when we’re lucky. If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching” (13-14).
'Tis Merely a Soul Wound
The danger for a pastor or minister is that their cancers can be buried under a veneer of piety and forced pleasantness, lingering for years, festering in the shadows.