“Regular” worship attendance is now defined as participating twice in one month, according to EWSA,  Evangelical Worship Statistics of America. Seriously, I don’t know who

by Brian Keepers The rhododendrons encamped around my house are in full bloom. Little balls of pinkish-purple hue are bursting everywhere. This is the first

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.” — Psalm 84:5 Combine Bono, Eugene Peterson, and the Psalms,

For a decade at least, we’ve spent hours and days and years and ages, or so it seems, at old folks homes, places that it

Yesterday here at The Twelve the Rev. Annie Reilly gave a thoughtful, pastoral, personal, and theologically honest and astute reflection of her time on the

I have long been an advocate for pastoral prayers that evince a capaciousness of thought and perspective.  It’s too easy to pray for only the

by Rebecca Koerselman It’s the twenty-first century and Americans have realized that racism is bad. However, it seems a craftier, more subtle and elusive form