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Jake MeadorChurch

Organizational competence is a way of loving neighbor.

When people don't care about policy and procedure, institutions are unequipped to deal with radicals who undermine the institution's purity and peace.

Cameron ShafferChurchBook Reviews

The Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

Myles Werntz’s Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology’s Revolutionary Century is a refreshing and welcome contribution to ecclesiological discussions.

Haley IsbellChurchEducation

The Other Side of Seminary

The banal work of submitting invoices and managing calendars is easy to forget, but our institutions can't function without people who do that work well.

Erik CoonceBook ReviewsChurch

A Scrapbook of Pastoral Care

What ought to occupy a pastor’s time? Long-time pastor Reuben Bredenhof attempts to address that question in his book 'The Ministry of Small Things.'

Dave StrunkChurch

How to Help Include Children's Ministry Volunteers in Worship

Effective church ministry exists on a spectrum of the ideal on one side and ‘what people will actually participate in’ on the other side.

Michael PorterChurchHealth & MedicineFormation

The Church, the Medical Profession, and Applied Ethics

Because we have lost the idea of medicine as a profession we have lost a clear idea of what medicine is actually for.

Nadya WilliamsFamilyChurch

Complementarianism and the Dignity of Women

The idea that men and women are different was obvious to the ancient world. That they were different yet equal was not.

Jared KennedyChurchFormation

Keep the Christian Calendar, but Keep It Under the Word

The church calendar can be a powerful tool for cultivating piety individually and ecclesially, but it must be kept beneath the Word to do its work best.

Hayden NesbitChurchFormation

The Foolish Divine Order of the Church

Ours is a body with aches and pains, strains and breaks. Confession will painfully set our bones. Such is the foolish divine order of the body of Christ.

Jamie CarlsonTheologyChurch

Why Evangelical Gender Discourse Is Unserious

Evangelical gender discourse tends to be fairly fake and contrived because the key questions are ignored due to a combination of anxiety and partisanship.

Kirsten SandersCultureChurchBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026

The Sacred and the Profane

If you experience many longings and intuitions that are traditionally answered by religion, why not be religious? Paul Elie's book attempts an answer.

Gracy OlmsteadChurchBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026

The Garden and the Liturgy

Both the church calendar and the work of gardening are reminders of our mortality and an exhortation to prepare for the world to come.