One day, a forgetful friend referred to my book as “Silly Church.” It was an instructive blunder. It got me thinking about the questions the actual name—Foolish Church—might raise. Does it mean “silly”? (“C’mon, church! Let’s pull out our kazoos!”)Does it mean “messy,” as in paints and scissors? (There actually is a Messy Church movement that includes those things; check it out.) Does it mean “funny,” as in The-Marvelous-Mrs.-Maisel-in-the-pulpit?It could mean uninformed or misguided. Ridiculous. Goofy? Ugh! If you go down this path very far, you might ask what kind of a fool would write … [Read more...] about Why Foolish