SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD

How a theology of personhood cuts against the mechanical metaphors we use to describe ourselves. As a literature and theology teacher, I train my students to see and hear metaphors,…

An opera heroine’s conflict with her faith and family has dangerously high stakes. Serpent-handling churches are, for obvious reasons, perpetually fascinating to those outside them. They’ve been the subject of…

Ryan Bomberger brings up another controversial speaker, but it just distracts from the real issue. Yesterday, I shared an article entitled “Abortion, Black Lives Matter, and Wheaton.” I was responding…

Three tips from my own experience as a church planting leader. Many frequently joke about the turnover rate in church planting leadership. It seems that whenever I’m at a conference…

What a failed church plant taught me about divine purpose and provision. In 2015, my husband and I moved from rural Pennsylvania and left a church we loved to do…