(Editor’s Note: This post is a response to an actual job listing for a pastoral position. I chose for the headline a nickname for the church (from a website they referenced and/or created) rather than the actual stated church name. I did this in the hopes that, should they abandon this particular branding experiment, my…

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<![CDATA[ But he knows the way that I take;when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.Job 23:10 (NIV) Being a card-carrying citizen of the hip-hop nation, I have a passing familiarity with gold. Back in the late 80s, if you wanted to be rapper, you needed to look the part. That meant…

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<![CDATA[ So at Irvington Covenant Church, we’ve just finished wrapping up one series, and we’re heading into another. For those who have been missing-in-action for awhile (and you know who you are), here’s the skinny. In May, we launched a series on prayer called Pray With Simplicity, where we examined the topic of prayer through…

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