Being in the Church, Not of It

Henri Nouwen wrote: Often we hear the remark that we have live in the world without being of the world. But it may be more difficult to be in the Church without being

Abandoning their posts

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Eugene Peterson: American pastors are abandoning their posts, left and right, and at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and

The hardest part of the creed to believe

Because of our experiences with the church, many of us might find the phrase, “I believe in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints,” the hardest part of the Apostle’s Creed.