Over Christmas vacation I had a chance to catch up with a college roommate still connected with Union.  It was a great time for me, one that reminded me of how fortunate I was to attend a school that made healthy connections between faith and life.  One of my professors who is no longer at Union, David Gushee, just posted his first article for the Associated Baptist Press News/Herald.  Granted, he’s written a good bit for a long time, but it’s kind of nice to get in on a column from the beginning.

The first article’s opening lines:

Across the United States, many churches are fading, some churches are closing, and a handful of churches are surging with explosive growth. Sunrise, sunset; sunrise, sunset. One of the topics I want to address in my new role as Senior Columnist is the paradoxical state of our churches. And I will not hesitate to call it like I see it.

What follows is a reflection on a trip to a church that many conservative church-goers might find too different and even troubling but that all of us would be wise to be aware of.  You can check the whole article out here.  Definitely something worth thinking about.