Baby Smiles and Life Truisms
They say a smile is a baby’s first “human response.” It’s smiling that makes the child more than an animal. Despite what some animal lovers might say, animals don’t smile. This is a call that in the name of...
Good for Goodness Sake. . .Not Conversions
We should do good for goodness sake, not to achieve some other goal. A good act is good in and of itself. There are some people who believe that the only reason we should do good to others like providing the...
Why Christians Don't Like Jesus
As the Red Letter Christian movement came to be known, I realized it would never be accepted. This is because many Christians don’t really like the God that is revealed in Jesus Christ. They want the God tha...
That Car is Going to Hit Us!
"Tony, that car is getting closer, " said my travel companion to me. "Tony, Tony, TONY!" I swerve to miss the cars bumper as it catapults off its owner and lands about ten feet in front of the car I am direc...
Responding to Gandhi
Gandhi once told Rufus Jones, the Quaker theologian and missionary to India, that Christians were "so unlike" their Christ. The good news is that there is a growing movement emerging across America (which goe...