From the Friday after Thanksgiving through December 26, tradition takes on an authority we never grant it the other eleven months of the year. Is it possible that tradition—far from being a constricting burden—is a liberating gift?

The song I Wonder as I Wander has a fascinating history... but is it too good to be true? Is it possible to recover a sense of wonder in a disenchanted world?

When conversation about the LGBTQ community comes up in church, many of us have a tendency to start drawing lines in the sand: us vs. them, right vs. wrong. What if Jesus invites us to draw circle instead?

Why do Christian churches seem obsessed with sex? Are we really providing a "Biblical" view of sex when we offer a single story about sexuality and marriage? Maybe God's truth is more complicated than we let on.

We are linear beings living in a seemingly random access world. Can we find ways to be fully present?

Does Christian faith only offer hope in the future, that glad morning when we all fly away? If we follow Jesus, maybe the future is already here in the present—heaven actually is coming to earth.

Will anything ever top the good ol' days?

If the church is the way God reveals God's wisdom to the world, would we see any evidence of it?

Have you ever wanted to grab the church by the collar and scream, "Why!? Why are you the way that you are? Why do you hurt people the way that you do?" If the church is supposed to be God's reconciling community, why does it so often fall short?

Does the gathered church matter to God? What is God up to in and through the church?