We were visiting with friends this weekend and comparing notes about worship.  One of our friends noted that a non-denominational church near them offered an “informal” worship service free of liturgical forms.  “We just can’t compete, given the formality of our approach to worship,” our friend observed. I can’t speak for my Christian sisters and [...]

There isn’t just one prodigal in the parable of the prodigal son. There are two. One leaves home. The other stays home. The first can’t believe that God can love him. The other believes that God can’t love him — without making sure that it’s the other son God doesn’t love. Neither of them “gets” [...]