In churches across the nation, pastors and congregants are increasingly asking hard questions about the purpose and value of church life as we have come

We lived a half mile from the church, occasionally walking to the service when the weather was nice. This proximity to the church and my

I was young, maybe 11. The world I had known was altered dramatically one day when I learned that a close friend’s parents were getting

Pastors may have one of the most difficult jobs in the country right now. Relational roadside bombs have been embedded in our congregations. Some are