At just about every church leadership event, the first question attendees ask of one another is “How big is your church?”

It was almost magical how it filled up again and again, week after week.

When I am not sure but have to make a choice, I choose to risk erring on the side of love and inclusion.

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My husband and I can’t agree on whether we should be cremated or not. Is there any biblical instruction for this?

When I was appointed as a delegate to synod the first week of March, and I was immediately asked about it, all I could say was, "I don't know."

Leaders in many Christian churches are embracing Enneagram personality typing. I would be very glad to have solidly Reformed feedback on this practice.

Sin is our daily addiction. When we come together in worship, it is a time of encouraging each other in sobriety from our sins.

 Jesus is effectively declaring in Luke 24:44 that the entire Old Testament is pointing to him.

The synodical advisory committee handling the overtures asked me to share my story.

That evening I was miserable. The eye was throbbing with pain as the anesthesia slowly wore off. I couldn’t sleep.

Riding the bus home from the swimming pool several years ago, I found myself in a communication conundrum.

“Show them no mercy.” Did God really command the genocide of the Canaanites?

St. Patrick’s effective ministry to the Celtic people can show us a path for the here and now.

We have all been adopted into the family of God. But my experiences have given me a deeper understanding of that reality.

What goes into reporting from synod? Glad you asked!

The earth is filled with hills, valleys, and mountain ranges that are all uniquely different.

Members of the denomination young and old have concerns about our future.

With Dobbs, we now have Pro-life 3.0, a movement that finds itself free to be much more politically creative and nimble, particularly as it works to support women and protect prenatal children at the state level.

Within 24 hours of Synod 2022’s declaration that its stance on homosexual sex is confessional, I started receiving emails from people lamenting this decision.

I’ve learned that true Christlike listening involves sacrificing my own agenda for an interaction and truly entering into someone else’s story with empathy and compassion.

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How do I live out my vocation when God doesn’t seem to be opening doors for me to do what I feel called to do?