To go on a journey is to emphasize the process of traveling, not the destination, and the language we use to describe the experience shouldn’t be restricted, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

Many metaphors make up the language of faith. Anytime someone talks of God, it is through a metaphor. Jesus uses metaphor when describing the kingdom of God. The prophets use metaphors to critique the powerful. Modern Christian teachers use metaphors t…

On a recent episode of Planet Money entitled The Laws Of The Office, they bring to light Goodhart’s law. The hosts define Goodhart’s law in this way, “if a company decides to measure something, workers will find a way to respond with good numbers.”

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Advent is an excellent time to remember what many of us have forgotten: our baptismal vows, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

Jesus said that he came to testify to the truth (John 18). He also said that those who continue in his word are true disciples who know the truth (John 8). It sometimes is the case that Christians can get it in our minds that since Jesus testifies to t…

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Preaching is sometimes discussed as though it were an dying art. There are fewer …

Jesus didn’t come for a ministry of preaching; he came to proclaim God’s good news, and that’s what the church needs to do, says the Rev. Jason Valendy.

We have all heard this idea that we are either growing or dying. We hear if people are learning a new skill or if they are becoming a “better” person then they are “growing”. We also hear that organizations that rake in profits or create social change …

Nothing is as “either/or” as we’ve been led to believe, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy. It’s beyond “both and” to an “and also” reality.