The Sabbath as a Key to Understanding Biblical Law, Part 2
Read part 1, on the ethical purposes of Sabbath. The Sabbath was originally instituted as a sign and a condensed…
The Sabbath as a Key to Understanding Biblical Law, Part 1
As a child, I enjoyed books with “exploded” views of great machines, within which all the component parts of some…
All Worship Is Shared in the Body of Christ: The Limitations and Uses of Online Services
The pandemic changed our relationship with worship dramatically. At the beginning of 2020, many of us had never heard of…
Why Gather? Virtual Technology and the Lord’s Supper
On a recent visit with friends in Scotland, I noticed how the Scots described the last two years as “the…
Digital Deceleration and the Ritual of Sabbath
I wonder if you’ve had the experience of pausing for a moment in your day and finding yourself suddenly overcome…
Embodying Biblical Rituals in a Digital Age
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed more and more of religious life online, whether temporarily or, for some individuals and congregations, indefinitely….
How Pandemic ‘Zoom Church’ Revealed Long-Brewing Bible Illiteracy
Did Bible illiteracy help lead to the video church services we dislike so much? Though we’re grudgingly thankful for the…
Neither Work nor Leisure Provides ‘Our Daily Bread’
God commands both work and rest, but neither of these provides our daily bread. Rather, they teach us to trust God to provide for our needs.
