Some churches are opposed to change because they’re invested more in themselves than they are in the Gospel. But some gospel grounded churches are put off change because of the way it’s introduced. Karl Vaters writes at Leadership Journal: Churches can handle change. If you’ve tried and failed to change things at your church, that …
Reflections on the emotional experience of reacting to recurring situations that are losing their capacity to shock. Published in our local paper today. The news of the terrible attacks in Paris (and the bombings in Beruit) seem to be giving rise to a different emotional response to the way people responded to September 11 or …
An eight minute video on the structure of the book of Psalms.
A post by David Zahl dealing with the implications of a social science report that finds that tries to engage with optimistic teens turning into disillusioned 30 somethings. From the report itself: The researchers can only speculate about why getting older is less fun than ever, but it seems the downturn in happiness among today’s …
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