Posts with the category “why-we-gather”

Few things make Christians—including me at times—as tense as talking about money in church.I’ve struggled with a whole range of emotions as I’ve wrestled with giving. Guilt. Inadequacy. Wariness. Susp...  Read More

Every week, churches gather and give a significant portion (some more than others) of the service to a person standing in front of everyone else and talking. That can seem a little strange when you st...  Read More

Confessing sin is hard. Not confessing is exhausting. I know. There have been times in my life when I didn’t want to admit that I was wrong, or that I had returned to something God had already rescued...  Read More

There is a modern temptation to rethink the gathering around what feels most useful, least offensive, and easiest to receive. Sometimes that means the harder portions of Scripture are softened or avoi...  Read More

I’ve been asking myself a question that feels a little exposing.Do we pray on Sunday because we believe it matters, or because it’s just one of the things churches do before we get to what we really c...  Read More

There are Sundays when singing feels like the part of the service we are waiting to get through.We stand. We look at the screen. We move our mouths. We think about whether we like the song, whether th...  Read More

Sunday morning is not just a habit. It's not just tradition. When the church gathers, something deeper is happening...something God Himself designed....  Read More