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When Should You Leave a Church?

Actually, my question is more specific than that — too specific to fit in a headline. But we’ll get to it in a moment. First, some context. As the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has moved toward endorsing pastors who practice homosexual …

Invisible

I’ve been traveling a lot over the past few months (hence not a lot of blogs from me), and I had two eye-opening encounters during that time, both coincidentally in Texas. The first was in early March when I and some colleagues, one of whom was African …

90 … Say What?!

Today, while filling up my Chick-fil-A mug with my second dose of coffee, I met a lively, elderly man we will call Bill. Intrigued at my involvement in Focus, Bill began to ask where my comrades and my stomping grounds were. We listed off three differe …

Tragedy and Worship

This morning I read with sadness that Sono Harris, mother of our friends Josh, Brett and Alex Harris, passed away this weekend. It is another tragedy in a recent string of them. (Ted wrote about this in “Asking Why?”) Then I read this profile about wor …

Can You Remember What You Just Heard in Church?

One thing about not working on a Monday: It makes it easier to hold onto what you just heard on Sunday. On a normal Monday, you roll into your activities so fast that the sermon you just heard the day before sometimes seems very distant. (If someone as …

Why Christians are Jerks Online

There’s something that’s been bugging me recently: how I can write a blog post with the best of intentions that sets off a horrible, no-good, very bad conversation. At that point, I wish to recall my post — not because I regret its content — but beca …

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