Reasons why publicly and personally appreciating your pastor is good for you and them. Here are some ideas to stay away from and some to use.

Picture a twenty-seven-year-old named Alex. I’ve made up his name, but his situation could be true. Alex grew up around church. There were youth trips, worship songs, Bible verses on T-shirts, and enough Christian vocabulary to know the difference between a sermon and a small group. Then came college, work, a move, a pandemic, a few disappointments, and a steady drift.

What if every baptism were treated not as the end of an event, but as the beginning of a purposeful shared journey toward Christlikeness? We Planned the Wedding, But Who Is Helping with the Marriage? I’ve heard that the median cost for a wedding these days in the United States is somewhere between $20,000 and $25,000. The average is even higher, landing between $33,000 and $36,000.1 Just imagine what you could do with an extra $30,000. If your rent is $1,700 a month, you could live for a year...