by Paul Jones | Sep 15, 2026 | Opinion
I was sitting at my desk with paint tubes, brushes, rags and books scattered around me. I was working on a painting inspired by a poem I had written after Wendell Berry died, when John Prine came across my playlist singing “Jesus: The Missing Years.” I worked...
by Paul Jones | Jun 10, 2026 | Opinion
For most of my adult life, I was a pastor. I spent twenty years preaching, leading churches and trying to help people make sense of their lives. I was good at it. I could preach. I could lead. I could walk into struggling churches and help stabilize them. By...
