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Bad to the Bone There is a fine membrane of separation between contextualizing and pandering, between engaging [...]

Last week, on one of those hazy, hot summer days, [...]

For the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking. Sermons, funerals, Bible studies, Confirmation [...]

I just got back from vacation. I spent a week almost entirely free of faith, and I [...]

I tend not to be [...]

Summer blockbusters frequently have to choose between ambition and spectacle. The latter typically draws on [...]

In the summer, my husband’s church hosts an evening at the ballpark to watch our local Major [...]

Bill Simmons, a writer for ESPN.com, recently tweeted that his wife was anxiously looking forward to a [...]

Have you ever stepped into the pulpit knowing you’ve got nothing? That happened to me a couple [...]