Author: Steve

  • September 10, 2008
    Over 17 years ago, Loren Mead, in his book The Once and Future Church, stated that “where a sense of…

  • September 9, 2008
    If by our baptism we are a called people of God, then it is important that we are clear about…

  • September 5, 2008
    Because so many people have been offended by a particular form of evangelism that is visible in our society, it…

  • September 4, 2008
    In our pluralistic society we will have the opportunity to interact with people of many faiths as well as many…

  • September 3, 2008
    The relation of the Christian to our Jewish neighbors is a special case. Paul is quite clear in his letter…

  • September 2, 2008
    We will also have conversations with the pragmatic agnostics whose numbers seem to be increasing in our culture. These are…

  • August 29, 2008
    Sally and her friend and colleague, Brian, have been working feverishly to complete a legal brief. They come to a…

  • August 28, 2008
    Despite the secular nature of our society, there are frequent opportunities for conversations about the faith which start from the…

  • August 27, 2008
    In a society which has been captured by a horizontal view of reality, there is a hunger for the experience…

  • August 26, 2008
    In a society which holds a great antipathy for authoritarianism, the church needs to be sensitive to the way we…