Saturday Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

Is Pastoral Work Uniquely Difficult?

No, yes, and it’s complicated.

5 Misconceptions About Dechurching in America

Here are five misconceptions about dechurching that church leaders need to hear.

5 Ways the Digital Age Is Transforming the Way You Think

The question is not whether we will be shaped by the Web; the question is, How is the Web shaping us, and how do we respond?

What Your Church Needs This September

If you’re like me – tempted by the fast, famous, and fresh – here are some things we need to be reminded of this September.

Spiritually Hungry? The Church Service Is Your Main Meal

Your individual devotional time — or “quiet time,” as we so fondly like to call it — is not meant to be your main source of spiritual nourishment. The church is.

‘Just Not Feeling It’: How Routine Awakens Devotion

Under God, routines carve riverbeds in the soul where the streams of spontaneous love run deep.

The Brothers That Wrote a Sixth of the Psalms

The next time you read one of the psalms written by the Sons of Korah, Asaph, Ethan, or Heman, give thanks to God for the glorious legacy of these musical brothers.

My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: Keep Christianity Weird

Don’t minimize the hard parts of Scripture; run to them.