Tag: God’s Presence

A couple of days ago I wrote about God's presence—all around us at every moment, but somehow eluding our attention. Yesterday I had a discussion with one of my students about the things we do in "secret" that we would never do if we were cognizant of God's presence...

In my previous post, which initiated this series on the mystery of the church, I opened up a potentially deep and painful wound about how the church seems to be dysfunctional. It seems best to explore this a bit more before we take our exploration tour of various expressions...

I am a pastor. My dad is a pastor. My brother-in-law is a pastor. My great-great-grandfather on my dad’s mother’s side was a pastor. I have gone to church my whole life—literally. I have attended a lot of churches, and been the pastor of a few more. Some of...