One day when our son Silas was 6, I saw him sitting at the end of the front pew in the sanctuary. He was alone and crying, and I couldn’t do anything to help. But he helped me glimpse the heart of the pastoral vocation. I couldn’t do anything because I was giving the pre-worship…
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Why Taize?
Every Monday our PTS community worships in the tradition of Taizé. For those who are unaware of this tradition, it is a service with roots in an ecumenical community in France and features repeated song, prayer, Scripture, and silence. We started worshipping in this way every Monday two years ago as part of a number of changes…
“The Stirred” Word
In the beginning were “the stirred,” and “the stirred” were with God. Seminary chapel bells ring in a new school year, and “the stirred” file into their classes. As a first year seminary student, I have already learned a few essential lessons: First, hermeneutics is not that rash that Uncle Ned contracted in 1998….