The modern pharisee and the backseat gospel

Patricia Smith Guest Columnist How does worship shift from god-centered faith to self-centered awareness? On a Sunday morning in Jefferson County, church life moves at a familiar pace. Pickup trucks roll down quiet roads, and church parking lots fill steadily. In a place like this, reputation doesn’t need social media. It only needs Sunday morning. Church is not just a place people go to. It is a place people are seen going to, and that is where something subtle begins to matter. We consid