How does your spiritual life intersect with the rest of your life? I was raised in the church and the basic message was often that physical things were bad while spiritual things were good. I don’t think they would have said it that simply, but the message was clear. Sex is bad. Worship is good. […]
“Church would be great if it weren’t for all the people.” A friend of mine said this to me after an awkward prayer service. The pastor had promised, “If you’ve tried prayer meetings before and you don’t want to try them again, trust me, this one will be different.” It wasn’t different. The pastor had […]
Out of all of our relationships, perhaps the most complex is the one with ourselves. As Benjamin Franklin once said, “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” Humans are complex beings. In one moment we can treat people with the quiet compassion of St. Francis and in the […]
If you relate with any of the following, this survival guide is for you: “I used to care about church, now it just feels so fake.”“I still want God in my life, but church isn’t doing it for me anymore.”“I’m tired of the obsession with big buildings, celebrity leaders and hipster worship artists.”“Why can’t I […]