• Loving The Church

    Reading Time: 5 minutes

    “You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honour.” | James 3:18, MSG

    It can be hard to love the church. Frankly, at times, she can seem like a big, fat disappointment.
    Infighting. Divisions. The failure of leaders and the apathy of congregants. The assimilation to culture. A preoccupation with…

  • Beyond The Pale

    Reading Time: 9 minutes

    I recently wrote about my separation from the religious community I grew up in and the overwhelming response to my article was both encouraging and thought-provoking.
    Many people wrote to me, both publicly and privately, to let me know that the article had deeply resonated with them. They expressed that they, too, have had many questions over the years, wrestling with inconsistencies while attempting to find their place in a system they secretly suspected they didn’t…

  • Beneath The Skin

    Reading Time: 7 minutes

    What’s beneath the skin of our collective Christian identity?
    Has Christianity lost touch with its original radical and beating heart? Are we so enamored with the power and prestige of this present world that we have forgotten our own history?
    Are we, the church, so entertained by the lights and sounds, by the choreographed music, by the dimly lit stages and almond-milk-lattes-after-service that we’ve forgotten the ancient truths our early Christian brethren lived and died for?
    Have we…

  • The Parallels In Communion

    Reading Time: 6 minutes

    “The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.” | 1 Corinthians 10: 16-17, ESV

    We Who Are Many Are One
    Paul the Apostle’s words, here in Corinthians, reference the deep and powerful truth…