Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Ecclesial Theology — The Missing Theology in an Age of Individualism
The church in its corporate assembly is a liturgical re-training for all those catechized by the social imaginary of modern individualism.
What was once an outlier culture because it was a city centre – the city centre – is now downtown mall-rat thinking in the backwater towns of not just the USA, but the rest of the Western world.
What Pope Gregory Can Teach Us About Pastoral Ministry
Precisely because of his distance from our day, he is a helpful voice who provides warning and encouragement young pastors need.
Pastors Share Top Reasons They’ve Considered Quitting Ministry in the Past Year
What reasons do pastors give when asked why they’ve thought about stepping down for good? Stress, loneliness and political division are the three items that rise to the surface.
What Does It Mean to ‘Not Associate With’ an Unrepentant Person?
It ought to be possible to see this person without giving the impression we are properly associated together.
What Does it Mean to Examine Yourself Before Taking Communion?
When Paul says to examine yourself before taking communion, what does he mean?
My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: Why Preaching Is Still Hard
Over the years, preachers can and should expect to improve at the craft of preaching, but we’ll never improve at some of what preaching requires.
