Waiting Does Not Diminish Us, We Are Enlarged In The Waiting

"When I walked into the prayer lounge at the Chattanooga House Of Prayer for the first time, one of the sentences written on the chalk-board wall resonated deep inside me." (Matthew Macaulay)

Devotional, IdeaMatthew MacaulayJuly 14, 2019Matthew Macaulay, The Union

7 Things Jesus Never Said

“If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.” (Augustine of Hippo)

IdeaCarlos RodriguezJuly 7, 2019Carlos Rodriguez

Scales, Weights And Measurements

"Ever tried baking in a foreign country? I have. Measurements and recipes that were once friends become frightful enemies in the blink of an eye!" (Matthew Macaulay)

DevotionalMatthew MacaulayJuly 2, 2019Matthew Macaulay, The Union

Reflection From A Common Hymnal Writing Camp

I recently spent a week at a Common Hymnal writing camp. (Asha Kaye)

Songwriting, UpdateAsha KayeJuly 1, 2019Asha Kaye

God Of The Lynching Tree: Why Everything Doesn’t Happen For A Reason

“Why Everything Doesn’t Happen For A Reason.” (Will Retherford)

Social ActivismWill RetherfordJune 24, 2019Will Retherford

Community

"In a fast paced and disjointed world people are craving connection. Without a doubt, social media platforms connect people in beautiful ways. But swiping through the highlight reel of people’s lives leaves us longing for more than a filtered glimpse of reality." (Cameron Walker)

Devotional, IdeaCameron WalkerJune 24, 2019Cameron Walker

I Want To Be Famous

“I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous.” (David Budbill)

Poetry, Devotional, IdeaDavid BudbillJune 14, 2019David Budbill

Fragility

"A friend recently made a tongue-in-cheek comment about the trending theology of contemporary worship: “God is great. And we are great."" (Malcolm du Plessis)

Devotional, IdeaMalcolm du PlessisJune 12, 2019Malcolm du Plessis

Thumbs, Tones And Togetherness

"There’s a “thumbs up’ emoji that we often use when texting. It was originally available only in a Homa Simpson yellow but then later a whole spectrum of skin tones were added, all the way from vanilla white to dark chocolate brown." (Langa Mbonambi)

Social ActivismLanga MbonambiJune 10, 2019Langa Mbonambi, We Will Worship, Every Nation

Shaken

"We are in a time of unprecedented shaking--political systems are shaking, ecclesiastical systems are shaking--everything that can be shaken, is being shaken." (Jonathan Martin)

Podcast, Devotional, IdeaJonathan MartinJune 3, 2019Jonathan Martin

The Price Of Honesty

"About 20-something years ago, I heard the Keith Green song that starts: "my eyes are dry, my faith is old, my heart is hard, my prayers are cold." Wow... I'm not sure I can imagine hearing that on Christian radio today."" (Paul Duncan)

DevotionalPaul DuncanMay 19, 2019Paul Duncan

#MeToo And Rape Culture

“As a young, single, sought-after speaker, Jesus was faced with thousands of women who approached him.” (Carlos Rodriguez)

Social ActivismCarlos RodriguezMay 13, 2019Carlos Rodriguez

Ritualistic Spirituality

"Ritualistic spirituality is the specific place, time, and practice that best fits the way we communicate to the Divine communally or individually." (Will Retherford)

LiturgyWill RetherfordMay 3, 2019Will Retherford

Translating Songs

Here is a transcript of a talk that Aaron Keyes gave at the European Christian Music Publishers' annual event in Amsterdam on translating worship songs.

SongwritingAaron KeyesApril 28, 2019Aaron Keyes

Common Hymnal Writing Camps

“It started out of necessity. It began almost as an experiment.” (Mark Alan Schoolmeesters)

The Futile Pursuit Of Purity

“Who can make himself clean?
No one I know.
No one you know either.
Then why do we talk about purity?” (David Gate)

Poetry, Devotional, IdeaDavid GateApril 25, 2019David Gate

A Black Face In An Evangelical Space 2

“When you separate politics from the church, you in essence separate Blacks from the congregation. One must understand that cross-pollination requires education with a cultural and political conscience. Within evangelical culture, there has never been a need for political consciousness. When the system has been in your favor, why would you want change?” (Sanchez Fair)

Social ActivismSanchez FairApril 24, 2019Sanchez Fair

Christian White Supremacy 101

“White supremacy is the historically entrenched system of benefits and protections afforded to White society politically, economically, and culturally.” (Brandi Miller)

Social ActivismBrandi MillerApril 8, 2019Brandi Miller

Godspeed

The story of an American pastor whose desire to change the world grinds to a halt in a Scottish parish.

DocumentaryCommon HymnalApril 6, 2019Micah Joy Macaulay

Reflections On Race In America

"It has felt, increasingly, like I moved from South Africa to South Africa, excepting, in my old South Africa, we knew we had a problem." (Malcolm du Plessis)

Social ActivismMalcolm du PlessisApril 1, 2019Malcolm du Plessis

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