The Clash of Generations in Church
Discussions swirl around how to unify Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z in church, but is there an answer in sight, and how do we please everyone?
Pastor Matt Marcantonio described a poignant moment in his early church career, one that later defined his revolution in responding to the generation gap.
The Glory of the Unnoticed Moments
The whole world pushes us to have grand achievements and gain recognition, but how does that match with the Bible’s commands?
A Meditation on Fearing Death
When people talk about dying, they could be referring to a couple different aspects of death, and we should not condemn their fears without understanding what they’re discussing.
As Christians, we’re more or less told that being fearful of death is sinful. Look at the great martyrs of the faith who boldly stepped up to the plate! Shame on you for shrinking back even a teensy bit!
A Quiet Easter of Longing and Hope
Thanks to recent events, our Easter looks quite different for many people, but is that necessarily a bad thing?
With much of the world in quarantine thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, this Easter has the potential to look quite different for many of us.
The Saturday When God Was Silent
The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is an odd break in the resurrection story, so how do we understand God’s apparent inaction here?
I have a love-hate relationship with space movies. Stars and planets and comets are fantastic, and yet so much can potentially go horribly wrong when we humans throw our fragile little bodies out into space. All it takes is one tiny part of a spaceship or spacesuit to malfunction, and everyone is either fried or frozen.
Good Friday and the Death of a Lamb
This holiday, which is uncomfortable and frequently half ignored, is one of the most important for believers, so what do we miss by skipping over it to Easter?
Autumn has a certain smell.
Passover: Social Justice and the Holy Judge
We all want the world to be a better and more just place, but how do we handle the fact that we’re part of the world’s worst problem?
The Final March of Holy Week
Everyone looks forward to Easter morning, but how should we spend our time waiting for the Sunday celebrations?
A pastor stood up before his church and stated, “Christ has come to us through Adolph Hitler.”
The year was 1933.
Palm Sunday: The Grand Set Up for Disappointment
When we really get our hopes up for God to do something, we occasionally set ourselves up to be badly disillusioned, so how can we avoid this?
The story of this Sunday is very familiar.