Recently, I wrote about the all-too-common tendency for Christian organizations to delay action. Excuses are made, like “needing to pray,” “waiting upon the Lord” or “forming a committee.” Ultimately these excuses prevent Christian communities from taking action. How different it is from God who “sees” and then “provides.” God takes action! To provide a practical…
I’ve long been aware of a problem in Christian leadership circles: that it is far too easy for Christian organizations to maintain the status quo, to simply try and maintain equilibrium, to ignore a problem, to turn a blind eye from the evidence that has made clear that the organization is faltering. It’s why the…
I saw it again; a pastor said God told him his congregation would give him millions of dollars. I heard that a presidential candidate was saved by God’s hand from the assassin’s bullet, with no mention of the retired firefighter killed by the bullet. Was that by God’s hand? I remember an older colleague telling…
Even if you didn’t watch the opening ceremonies of the Summer 2024 Olympics, you’ll have heard about (and probably have an opinion about) the brief tableau where a series of women and drag queens appear to recreate Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” In this tableau a woman sits in the place where Christ is depicted…
Several years ago, a good friend in North Carolina suggested during a phone conversation that I write a book on citizenship. At the time I was revising my first book, Political Visions and Illusions, whose second edition was released five years ago this month. I decided to take him up on his suggestion, submitting a…
Worldview is a frequently used term among Christian Courier readers, but not always well understood. It is easy to assume everyone knows what it means – the way we view the world – but people have very different understandings of what that includes. John Valk, a professor of Worldview Studies, draws on more than two…
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