A Father's Day Reflection
It’s daunting for me to even begin writing about Fathers’ Day … I’ve often said that fatherhood is probably the most meaningful experience in my life, and my debt to and love for my father goes beyond words...
Christian Authenticity
I think it was my friend Karen who turned me on to Jamie’s writing. I was hooked by the title of her blog:
Jamie – The Very Worst Missionary
She lives in Costa Rica as a missionary. What I like about Jamie is...
Tweens, Laryngitis and Prophetic Sopranos
Have you ever known a girl who seemed vibrant and fully alive, at ages 7 and 8 and 9, who then went “underground” as she entered adolescence?
Shakespeare’s Ophelia, smitten with hero Hamlet, typifies this ...
Ideas Have Consequences
Plato said ideas rule the world. All action begins with an idea. Paul said, "Take every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor 10:5). "Ideas have consequences and some ideas can lead to brutal outcomes. For example,...
You Might Be An Evangelical Reject If. . .
I wish it were otherwise, but, unfortunately it’s true. Everything within me resisted this realization. But, the time has come to admit it: I’m an Evangelical reject.
The more I write the clearer this s...
What Would Jesus' Commencement Speech Say?
When young people graduate, they're often told to follow their dreams. Change the world. After all, the sky's the limit.
But what if you don't know what you want to be when you grow up or lack the required s...
Pentecost Sunday and Another Manic Monday
This past weekend Christians around the world celebrated one of our holiest holi- days – Pentecost. Pentecost meaning “fifty days” is celebrated seven weeks after Easter (hence the 50), and marks the birthday...
Pentecost: The Coming of the Wild Goose
Today is Pentecost. For 50 days, a group of 120 followers of Jesus waited. Their teacher, for whom they had left all they had, was now gone. Judas, one of their own, betrayed their master and then killed...
The Equality of the Sin That is Killing Us All
Buy cheap viagra soft" width="185" height="166" />This week Duke University’s Center for Reconciliation is hosting its annual Summer Institute. I realize that sounds a little fancy schmancy, but I p...
Babies: Born This Way?
I was recently quite disturbed by this story of a couple in Toronto who have refused to divulge the gender of their recently born child, who they named Storm (how perfectly gender ambiguous!). Though Storm d...