Ten years ago, Christianity Today carried an article entitled “The Triumph of the Praise Songs: How Guitars Beat Out the Organ in the Worship Wars.” Author Michael Hamilton described how contemporary worship music styles were winning out over more traditional hymnody in many congregations …

“The body of Christ, broken for you.” Communion draws us into brokenness. We don’t turn and run from this torn body. We don’t hide the wounds with a Band-Aid. At the Lord’s Table we can’t help but wait with brokenness …

Running a magazine is a business. Running churchwide agencies and colleges is big business. Congregations pay attention to labor laws for their employees, budget for operating expenses and decide how to depreciate assets …

The wife of a recent seminary graduate on a service assignment in east Africa emailed me a couple months ago …