church — Barbara Wendland Blog

Above all, God calls the church to be a loving group—one whose members know and care about each other.

ChurchBarbara WendlandOctober 1, 2021church, community, disciples, jesus, differences

The Surprising Truth About Christian Fundamentalism

Parker J. Palmer warns about putting too much trust, or at least the wrong kind of trust, in church doctrines and customs.

CultureBarbara WendlandSeptember 3, 2021iconoclasm, lloyd geering, church, culture, liberals, kirsopp lake, conservatives

Differences in Generations Lead to Spiritual Crises and Awakenings

You Lost Me is about young insiders—young adults who once thought of themselves as Christians but have left the church or even left the Christian faith.

Culture, DifferencesBarbara WendlandAugust 20, 2021church, response, belief, barna, david kinnaman, gabe lyons, unchristian, generations, faith

What We Believe About God & Why It Matters

When at midlife I started seriously considering what I believed, what the Bible said, and what I saw the church doing, I began gradually revising my understanding of God.

Spiritual JourneyBarbara WendlandAugust 6, 2021God, differences, faith, spiritual journey, belief, prayer, church, experiences

The Church's Role in Justice

For about the first 50 years of my life, I had a very different view from the one presented by the book I review on the next three pages of this Connections.

ChurchBarbara WendlandJuly 9, 2021Good Samaritan, church, justice, politics

Connected and Disconnected: Eighty-five Years in the Church

The church needs to change. That didn’t become apparent to me until midlife. Since then, however, it has steadily kept becoming more and more apparent.

Spiritual JourneyBarbara WendlandFebruary 18, 2021church, chane, change, conformist, connecctions, topis, faith, Barbara Wendland