This article originally appeared at the Center for Faith and Culture. The conversation with the pastor usually begins with hesitation. A member of the congregation pulls you aside after service or asks if you have some time during the week, and tells you, with the sort of half-ashamed disquiet that people reserve for things they’re not sure they’re allowed to do, that they’ve just started taking an antidepressant. Their doctor recommended it. Their spouse encouraged it. They’ve been tired for …
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This article originally appeared at the Center for Faith and Culture. We hear the standard diagnosis, and it goes something like this: Americans spend too much, they save too little, and they love their stuff more …
I have a memory that has stayed with me for most of my life. A memory of a particular afternoon. I’m not entirely sure why it has persisted in my mind with such a dogged determination …
I’ve been blessed to spend most of the past 5 years in some form of small group leadership with my church. Our church isn’t perfect, and our small group isn’t perfect – far from it as …
