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Seeing the invisible at church or a used bookstore.

An annotated reading of your world.

There are lots of reasons to avoid church, but here are the reasons to look again.

Nothing less than a seriously demanding church life is adequate to the conditions of today’s world.

Democratic responsibility begins in elders’ councils, budget meetings, and volunteer nursery assignments.

Imagine a map of your city without churches. Now imagine the sort of society we’d have without those congregations.

Narratives of a “secular” city are told by people looking in the wrong places.

Why private prayers can be a public act.

Can a church that doesn’t care about its looks truly be called evangelical?

We’re never alone on the journey.

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