A conversation with N.T. Wright on true worship and the calling of the church.

I’ll be sharing more in the coming weeks about my plans for writing 2025. In the meantime, I wanted to kick things off by inviting you to reflect with me about the nature of the Church. Why does it exists? What is its true purpose? And why should we care? Let me start by saying

We sometimes overcomplicate discipleship. In his letter to the Pilippian church, the Apostle Paul issues a challenge to give every thing we have to pursuing the one thing that matters most.

Starting over is both exciting and daunting. For more than a decade I blogged regularly about pastoral ministry and life in the Church. I began writing publicly in seminary and continued through my PhD program and while serving as a full-time pastor. And then one day I stopped, deleted my blog, and shut down my