The Case for Catechesis

“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.  Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes … Read More

How to Avoid Toxic Leaders and Churches

I was in Barnes & Noble the other day and picked up a copy of Time magazine’s commemorative issue on cult killers.  Charles Manson was the cover poster child as you might expect. As I leafed through the periodical, however, the images that caught my attention the most were those of the Jonestown Massacre.  “Of the nearly 1,000 church members … Read More