Laura Tharion
The Church is not our Enemy
“Redemption stories sing…” Sometime during my childhood I read a novel about a boy who survived as a pickpocket on the streets of London....
Louisa Macourt
Why Can't Christians Just Agree—For The Sake of Church Unity?
Why can’t Christians just agree? Or, when they must disagree, why can’t they disagree quietly? Many people, both inside and outside the...
Karen Morris (Guest Post)
What’s the Big Idea?
Preaching, and therefore writing sermons, is great privilege! As a preacher you know that you are serving God; serving God’s people and...
Hannah Boland
Invisible Illness and The Church – What Lies Beneath
My heart cracked into a million tiny fragments as I cradled my nine-year- old under my arm. I desperately wanted to tell her that it gets...
Hannah Craven
Egalitarian Marriage and Parenting. Making it Work Part 3: The myth of the zero sum game
One of the most crippling and intractable of human beliefs is that human flourishing is a zero-sum game. We believe that another...
Hannah Craven
This is my body, broken
This is my body, broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Every Sunday as we gather around the communion table, we hear these...
Marley Conomy
The Temple, the Psalmists and the Acts Church
I am privileged to have been raised in the church my whole life. Recently, I’ve become aware how much each church I have attended over...
Karina Kreminski
Four Everyday Disciplines You Must Have to Experience Community (Part 2)
I’m tired of Christians using the word community without meaning it. As I said before: “I think the church must display an even deeper...
Karina Kreminski
Stop Using The Word Community Unless You Mean It (Part 1)
I’m tired. I’m tired of people, especially leaders of Christian organizations and churches, using the word community without really...
Karina Kreminski
Breaking Through Evangelicalism's Culture of Fear
I was talking recently with someone who has been very involved in inner city mission work for many years now. He was telling me stories...
