America and the Loss of Collective Memory
Collective memory, even painful collective memory, can be a great force for binding together communities, faith groups, and even nations.
End the Billy Graham Rule
Men can do better. The Billy Graham Rule thinks too little of men — especially the men I know.
Bill Hybels: Why Sexual Harassment is Not a ‘Distraction’
But for Jesus, how we treat other human beings is anything but a distraction. It's the center of the gospel.
A Glimpse of Heaven
Rare is the person who wants hell to exist because they need it for themselves. We need hell as a convenient place to put all the people we hate. As an option for ourselves and our loved ones, well, hell becomes a lot less popular.
What If We Heard Each Other This Easter?
And what I heard Jesus saying to me is I had to hear the seniors. I had to listen to my own elders and yes, at this moment, Jesus was asking me to listen to the old white men at Bible study.
#EnoughIsEnough: My 5-Year-Old is Afraid
I wonder, how many children will continue to lay down their lives for the cowardly adult sheep of America?
Highpoint Church: How You Know Jesus Has Left Your Church
When your entire church service becomes a cover-up to retain the power and prestige of your congregation and its pastors, one of whom is a confessed sexual abuser.
The Bible Roy Moore Forgot: Psalm 40 for Alabama
Go tell it on the mountain. God didn't lose in Alabama. God won.
Why I Bother Being Lutheran: Theology of the Cross
If God was there at the cross, and Jesus rose again, then God could still be here —even after death, even after suffering, after divorce and betrayal. And the theology of the cross that is Lutheran not only heals, but it indicts.
As A Mother of Two Sons, My Take on #MeToo
I will not be surprised if I hear that my son mistreats a woman or a girl, or if my son is involved in sexual harassment. I will remember that even though he is my beloved son, he is also a product of his culture, and I will care for the women and girls, and I will not attempt to discredit their truth, even if it harms my son.