The events of Columbine, Virginia Tech and many other tragic examples highlight times in people’s lives when they deal with tragedy. In the two cases mentioned, it is sons and daughters cut down even before they reached the prime of life. It is pain that is visceral, gut wrenching, surreal almost, where one [...]

In many churches I have visited in the United States, we seem to be specialists in church socialization. From ‘pizza nights’ to ‘game nights’ to ‘movie nights’, we don’t hold back from opportunities to stay amused. Call an ‘all-intercession night’ and watch all the folks rummage through their box of excuses to avoid [...]