We’re missing out on a profound pastoral gift for those who find themselves in a wilderness of grief, in-betweenness or a living hell.

In the absence of government and institutions—no one was coming to their rescue—neighbors banded together and made something out of what they had.

I’m suggesting that, “whatever this middle-assembly-thing is, we’re like ‘Swiss cantons’ unified and living together.”

Every Sunday, an elder writes and leads a prayer of intercession for the congregation, and a deacon writes and leads a prayer for our context

There are very few academic quotes that I think about regularly—sorry, professors. However, there’s one that almost haunts me. It comes from Hans Urs von

All I could say to myself was, “Why would people want to prevent others from making promises to God and others?” In 2020, a “certificate

Since school is back in, it’s got me thinking about young students who have been growing up these past few years and what they’ve endured:

Leading up to the 2016 Brexit referendum to decide if the United Kingdom (UK) should leave or remain in the European Union (EU), Boris Johnson

I used to call myself an institutionalist, and did so quite proudly. The belief that institutional systems and structures—norms and mores—ultimately provide protections, sustain decency,