November 30, 2018 This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, a four-week season of joyfully anticipating Christmas. I want to unpack, a bit, each of those three words, in reverse order: Advent is mean
November 15, 2018 This Sunday -- the Celebration of Giving Sunday -- is one of my favorite events of the entire church year. As far as the energy it brings, it's right up there with the kickoff/Minist
November 9, 2018 It's become something of a cliché to say "the country is divided," or "people and politics is more polarized than ever." While those statements may be true, there are other, less head