Sacred Routine

theeffect · Sacred Routine Dave Brisbin 8.7.22What’s your first reaction to the words religious ritual? Positive? Negative? Typically, it’s a one-two punch of negatives: religion and ritual—both of which many people now denigrate, ridicule, as empty, meaningless, even...

The Rite Rituals

theeffect · The Rite Rituals Dave Brisbin 7.31.22I was recently asked why we don’t do altar calls at our church. It’s not that we don’t do them, but we don’t do them publicly. As de facto sacraments, altar calls have become every Sunday rituals at many Evangelical...

Every Moment, Every Person

theeffect · Every Moment, Every Person Dave Brisbin 7.24.22A dear friend and colleague suddenly diagnosed with stage four cancer brings everything to a halt. Not just in her life, but in ours as well—at least for a time. And when we start breathing again, I know what...

Questions as Answers

theeffect · Questions As Answers Dave Brisbin 7.17.22We are fixated on answers. Our collective intolerance of uncertainty feeds a deep need to find absolute answers to all our questions, to be right while pointing out those who are wrong, to pretend that life can be...

The Feel of Freedom

theeffect · The Feel Of Freedom Dave Brisbin 7.10.22What is the goal of our spiritual journeys? How would you answer for yours? Peace, love, enlightenment, wisdom, salvation? It’s unfortunate that we haven’t been clearer about Jesus’ answer to the question: that...

Unalienable Right

theeffect · Unalienable Right Dave Brisbin 7.3.22The 4th of July comes round again at a time when faith in our country has been deeply shaken. We are questioning our most enduring institutions right down to the Constitution and Founding Fathers’ motives and wisdom,...

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