Christmas Without Santa

I'm not sure anyone can experience what Christmas really means without confronting that sense of lost innocence and the potential for disillusionment ...

The Cutting-Edge Traditional Church

Some forms of next century's church may be remarkably familiar.

On the Near North side of Chicago on Ontario Street is a McDonald's. It has a 1950s ...

Change Isn't Popular

The only person who likes change is a wet baby.

"Behind the Times" but Not Outdated

It can be exalting to belong to a church that is 500 years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church ...

Extinguishing Old Flames

Weddings in our church always include the lighting of a unity candle. At one recent rehearsal I was explaining the symbolism of the candle ceremony. "After ...