You may have never attended an “average” church. But you’ve certainly seen one: older buildings, often made of dark brick, with old-fashioned roofs that slope down
In times of uncertainty people want visionary leaders. But what if God's good plan is a period of sustained uncertainty? This Advent season’s theme from
Dec. 12, a deputy editor of First Things, Matthew Schmitz, posted a rather unusual piece: "Our Partial Pacifism." It starts out with the bold statement, "I