How to Discover Your Unique Spiritual Gifts

It annoys me when Christians try force people to fit in narrow categories. For years, we’ve done this with gender. I wish I had a dollar for every time a preacher has claimed that “all men hide their feelings” or “all women love to shop”...

SCOTUS Could Change Landscape for Religious Freedom

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia regarding a Catholic foster care agency that refuses to compromise its religious beliefs by placing children with same-sex couples. However, the High Court’s decision could...

Three Urgent Prayers for the 2020 Election

I remember the Civil Rights era and the Vietnam War. I even remember the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. And, of course, I was alive during the Watergate scandal, President Nixon’s resignation, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the...

Through the Changing Face of How Churches Worship

As a whole, most of us do not like change and that also includes the church. But because of Covid-19, churches have had to change to adapt to this pandemic. Through the use of technology (youtube, streaming, podcast, etc.), the church is now able to spread the message...

When the Pandemic Is Over, Don’t Stay Disconnected From Church

Churches have been on lockdown for months. COVID-19 forced us to go virtual, and the pandemic has turned pastors into awkward television evangelists who preach to empty auditoriums using smartphones. By J. Lee Grady Now, more than six months after the shutdown, some...