Break My Heart, Heal My Heart
"Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me.
Break my heart for what breaks yours
Everything I am for your Kingdom's cause
As I walk f...
Don’t Domesticate MLK
Like it or not, Martin Luther King was controversial — and political.
Super Bowl 2018: God Will Be Watching
While I was not ready to endorse the idea that God actively determines who the winner will be, I did not accept the view of those of my theological colleagues who insisted that God stays rather aloof from what goes on in football games.
Sorting Through the Church’s Silence on Sexual Abuse & Assault
Why are we who preach and teach “the truth will set you free” largely bound by silence regarding sexual assault and abuse?
How to Change Hearts on Race
Love without laws is not enough, but for the benefits of our laws to be sustained, loving hearts are a necessity.
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.
Keep Watch: Peacemaking Through Advent
This Advent reader won’t just give you comfort and joy; it will tell you the truth of waiting.
A Confession (Of Sorts) from a Former Fundamentalist Christian
Once you see your brother or sister through the eyes of their suffering lord, you must wake up in a way that will change you.
Covenant Fidelity: An Interview with Walter Brueggemann
When they asked Jesus for a great commandment he said you can’t have just one, you get two so that love of God and love of neighbor are intimately connected.
The Power of Going First
Paul joined Jesus not just in his glory but in his suffering. He went first and did so without regret.