The (New and Improved!) Church Calendar

At the recent news of a famous minister’s fall into the sin of adultery, two laments immediately surfaced: 1) grief over the stain on Christ’s name, the damage done to spouses and children, and the harm done to the church; and 2) a predictable chorus of Christian voices recommending a foolproof remedy [...]

I'm a sucker for traditional architecture. My wife and I fell in love with a historic Tudor Revival fixer upper in her hometown and moved in a few years ago. Two summers ago we spent our anniversary in Akron, Ohio just so we could tour Stan Hywet, one of the most celebrated historic homes in the United States. [...]

Many lament the vast diversity of Protestant denominations on the American landscape: Why cannot we Christians agree more often? Denominations allegedly undermine the unity of the church. Let me suggest it is not denominations that undermine the unity of the church, but rather the way in which most Americans relate to church in the first […]

Individualism is the problem. Community is the solution. That's what they are saying. First the philosophers, sociologists, political theorists, psychologists, and theologians were saying it. Now I hear pastors, church leaders, and impressionable young seminarians saying it. Individualism is what bedevils culture and church both; community is what will save them. Last Thanksgiving I was […]