How a woman sounds in the pulpit
Preaching is an embodied act. Do women perform it differently from men?
Clutter buster: A church clears a path
A church is not a building. But I believe a church building is often an outward and visible sign of a congregation's spiritual condition.
Noise level
"Noise is not the most important problem in the world," Garret Keizer begins. But he makes a robust case for noise's far-reaching effects.
Stuff; Objects of Our Affection
The average house size
has nearly doubled since 1970. Yet self-storage units, once nearly
nonexistent, are a booming business.
Unequipped: A pastor's continuing education
“You are not equipped.” The preacher seemed to be looking straight at me. Across the worship space, in this room festively decorated in red and filled with the heady scent of flowers, I could see some uncertain faces. In a few minutes, we would go forward to be ordained as Lutheran pastors. Yet as the preacher set before us the charges of ordination, he continued to follow each one with the same stark pronouncement. “You are not equipped.”
A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit
Sarah Sentilles opens A Church of Her Own by proclaiming that 11 o’clock on Sunday morning is “the most sex...