Invite. It’s the second of my three words this year. (The first is Kingdom). For several years, I’ve talked about the difference between inviting and announcing. In church settings, as in other group settings, there are announcements. We tell people about events that are coming. And then we get frustrated when they don’t come. I […]

I was trying to answer the Lent question. My friend said, “Describe the feeling that people are experiencing that observing Lent could help with.” I wrote, “You feel frustrated with faltering again on goals and resolutions.” And I laughed. The truth is that many of us describe our failures. We started the year with a […]