Rev. Lillian Daniel is calling a disenchanted generation of Christians back to church. Young people are disillusioned, disenchanted, and in some cases, downright disgusted with organized religion. So ...

BOB ABERNETHY, correspondent: If you have ever wondered what it is like to be the pastor of a church, there’s a book out about that. It’s This Odd and Wondrous Calling, by two seasoned United Church ...

Lillian Daniel is a preacher, teacher, and writer. She is conference minister at the UCC Michigan Conference and the author of Tired of Apologizing for a Church I Don’t Belong To (Hachette). "Fiction ...

“Any idiot can find God alone in the sunset. It takes a certain maturity to find God in the person sitting next to you who not only voted for the wrong political party but has a baby who is crying ...

Harry Emerson Fosdick said the preacher should preach in such a way that the listener wishes to come over later and visit the preacher in his office. Lillian Daniel has written a book that makes you ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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I was greeted on my Facebook page late this afternoon with a discussion regarding a blog post on which a number of my colleagues were commenting (hat-tip to Gerald Schlabach). The post is by Lillian ...

Having hung out with church folk for several decades, I have come to expect the words “spiritual but not religious” to be accompanied by air quotes and a tone of disdain. But lately, even ...

I am sure that there are many issues on which the Rev. Lillian Daniel and I would not exactly see eye-to-eye. But hats off to the pastor at the First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn, Illinois for ...