tag: spiritual formation

“I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful tragedies, that eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hour, in Christian America…

The other day I asked my six-year-old daughter what I assumed was a simple question — “Where do you want to go get ice cream?” There are two great options in town, and I wanted to let her make the final decision…

Jobs end. Move to a new home … not to mention a new city. Start new jobs. Begin forming a new church. Discover you’re going to be parents. Hear the words: You lost the baby. Finish graduate school. Discover you’re going to be parents … again (and all the fear that this new beautiful reality holds)…