Lent Is A Season of Stubborn Hope
Lent is the right time to sit with these darker truths.
4 Things to Know About Ash Wednesday
Life is short and death imminent, urging focus on what is essential.
The 10 Most Dangerous Places to Be a Christian
A new report from Open Doors reveals that more than 245 million Christians endure high, very high, or extreme persecution.
Getting Through A Christmas of Grief
I wish I had had this book six years ago, when my mother was dying.
Death in September
I am a person who often chooses cynicism over hope.
Why in the World Would Anyone Get Ordained Today?
Why would you purposefully commit your life to something that was so obviously dead and dying?
How to Get Ready to Die
"Oh death! Where is your sting? Oh grave! Where is your victory. Praise be to God who gives me victory."
Why It’s Not Okay to Call Humans ‘Animals’
Seeing people as anything less than God’s image-and-spirit-bearers is blasphemous.
The School Shooting Epidemic: America’s Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
An idol is anything we sacrifice our children for. May the blood of our children lead us to repentance.
The Wrong Choice? An Advent Meditation
Did Mary make a wrong choice? We know how the story ends, but viscerally I cannot fathom the toll her son’s suffering took upon her life.