I’ve recently been thinking about my role as worship leader in the context of a fight. To be clear, the fight to which I’m referring is not like the ones we typically hear about in church. Choruses vs. hymns, too loud vs. too quiet, feeling like a concert vs. feeling like a funeral, digital vs. analog, dress shoes Read more

“It’s hard to be brave,” said Piglet sniffing slightly, “when you’re a very small animal.” Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: “It’s because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us.”   Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Read more

I had six kids start school this week and five of them arrived on their first day to a place they’d never been before. Each sat on the bus with a mix of excitement and apprehension. So many expectations of what is known and unknown has to drive a kid crazy on a half-hour bus ride. Read more