THEME

Church: belonging and bewilderment

The church has been a source of both belonging and bewilderment. These essays ask what Christian community actually looks like — honest enough to admit skipping church, theological enough to name fragmentation, personal enough to sit in the stunned silence after the show ends and you look at your daughter.

  1. On the Church as Cosmic Immune System

    As agents of God, the redeemed people of the covenant are called to resist evil, promote good, and participate in the preservation and healing of a decaying world.

  2. The Reformation, Individualism, and the Fractured Church

    I'm not sure he was right.

  3. Right Doctrine and the Wrong Spirit

    I love to be correct, and when I feel I have understood something thoroughly, I can occasionally become belligerent in argumentation.

  4. Skipping Church

    Maybe we are gods, but our kingdom is much smaller than His. We live in a world we think we fully control, but one emptied of meaning.

  5. When Netflix Ambushes Your Family Evening

    We sat in silence a bit after I turned off the TV. I don't recall saying anything. Things can't be undone. Eventually, the evening continued as if nothing had happened. But something had.

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