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It’s not that God was ever fake. It’s that his people are inconsistent. That’s always been the story.

The pastor makes the Scripture seem too complicated when he spends a lot of time digging into the Greek and Hebrew. Members go away feeling only the Ph.Ds can grasp its meaning.

The four phases multicultural teams go through

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6)

On and on goes the pattern of us using art to connect emotionally, mentally, spiritually, to paint a reality of vulnerability and transparency people can live into.

No matter your credentials, there are only two things you need to do.

Churches are getting less of the total charitable giving. Overall, charitable giving is on the rise in the United States, but churches are receiving a smaller and smaller portion. The bottom line is simple. People who give see the church as merely one option among many places to give.

To be sure, most pastors are aware that sometimes remarks made against them are more a reflection of the person making them, and they are good natured enough to let most things roll off their backs.