Welcoming is good, but it often means “passively waiting,” writes Joseph Yoo. Besides being welcoming, congregations “need to be invitational,” he adds. “It means going out into the world, making contact with people and building relationships with them.” To read more, click here.
Movie-watching as a spiritual discipline
Much of Jeffrey Overstreet’s professional life has centered on cinema, from his extensive film writing—including as critic for Christianity Today—to the courses he teaches at Seattle Pacific University. But film…