One hundred million people worldwide now have Calm on their smartphones, a meditation app that monetized doing absolutely nothing. The app’s popularity skyrocketed during the pandemic, as anxieties ...

Our church council meets one night per month to discuss business and ministry. Council members are elected from our parishioners and serve (more or less willingly!) for a few years to guide the church ...

Habitual walkers get to know the traffic sounds around them out of necessity. After all, this is a vehicle-driven culture we live in, and it’s just best that any pedestrian accept that outright.

Some of the moments when I have felt closest to God have come not in worship or prayer, but with a crowbar or hammer or paintbrush in my hand. Don’t get me wrong, as a pastor for over 40 years I love ...

There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth. Meditation and ...

I OFTEN IMAGINE what it would be like to be a visitor for the first time attending one of our Sunday worship services. Some things might be familiar to a visitor, such as the church pews or maybe ...

Three devotional books to read this month. Wilderness seasons tend to expose the truth about where we are finding our strength, revealing whether it is in God or ourselves. I experienced this a few ...

The new pastor at Bridgetown Church, a nondenominational church in downtown Portland, Oregon, has a mission. Tyler Station, also a husband and father of three, wants people to get real about prayer — ...