by Jeff Childers | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
The other day I was reading the Didascalia Apostolorum (DA), like people do on a bright May morning. Chapter 12.4 has an instruction for bishops in the worship service: If, after you are seated, some other man or woman should arrive who is honored in the world,...
by Mark Hamilton | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
An important feature of life in most established churches in America today is the graying of the flock. Increasingly, the average age of participants in church is rising, with the age of leadership rising faster still. No friend of the church can regard such a trend...
by Mark Hamilton | May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Does the Gospel sell itself? That’s how I began this series of posts, and that’s how I’ll end it. If we are on a road alongside of which are exits to narcissism, self-indulgence, and self-promotion, and the Heavenly City seems further away in our...