Tag: Christianity
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The Economics of Safety
A tale about a welfare queen who loved the Earth and saved humanity.
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The Idolatry of Safety
The week one topic is introduced. How is safety an idol?
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No Shame Album Review + ARC Review of Mike’s Book!
Three years ago, after the release of their album Followers, Tenth Avenue North looked to be on the brink of a breakup. A brutal touring schedule, a loss of commercial relevance, and a wandering of purpose led the boys to reconsider their vocational identity. Then I Have This Hope and Control peaked on the Billboard charts. They dramatically…
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It’s Chaos. Be Kind.
Title from Michelle McNamara, as told by husband Patton in his Netflix special Annihilation. We buy cookies. Every time. Fat ones, from a bakery we have delivered. Cookies and cream. Peanut Butter. Chocolate Chip. They come in a box and a bag. Sometimes we buy milk for dipping. Most of the time we scarf them down…
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The Very Last Things (and what comes after)
Bryce’s Easter 2019 post
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Trust Falls with Strangers
What is a leap of faith? And what is it not?
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#TTWBATS EP Review
The boys behind Tenth Avenue North have been busy. In May, lifelong drummer Jason Jamison stepped down to pursue a career with the band’s ministry partner Compassion International. In June, frontman Mike Donehey announced the band had launched a record label called ReMade Records (no doubt a nod to their song You Are More off their…
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Couch Churches: Confronting Trauma, Friendship, and Tomorrow
Part Three: The Couch My thoughts drift again to communion, and then to worship, the kind that brings you to your knees and throws your arms in the air without prompting. The kind of worship that leads you to speak in tongues. The kind that makes a fool out of you. The kind of childhood.…
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Couch Churches: Confronting Trauma, Friendship, and Tomorrow
Part Two: Buildings and Bodies Sitting on a couch, legs tucked under me and sipping on milk and kahlúa, I’m thinking about holy communion. I’m thinking about it so much I move towards interrupting my friend to ask if he has any salted crackers downstairs, and a bit of wine to rinse. But I don’t.…
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Couch Churches: Confronting Trauma, Friendship, and Tomorrow
Part One: Trauma I have a complicated relationship with church, both as a building and as a body. As the son of a church worker, I suppose some of that is to be expected. Long days spent at the church instead of daycare, hearing typical workplace drama about your pastoral staff, and the like make…
Living Beyond 