Coincidances
IF YOU HAVE spent any length of time reading the Bible, you have probably had the experience of a particular verse or passage jumping off the…
Grrr-men: praying through clenched teeth
I HAVE NEVER actively wished ill upon someone who has wronged or hurt me, but there have been occasions when, had it occurred, I wouldn’t have…
The cart before the verse
NEXT TIME YOU think God needs a hand, think twice before you reach out and touch something. As Uzzah’s story illustrates, good intentions don’t override God’s…
The ‘fake news’ fallacy
LET’S START THIS with a disclaimer: what follows is a politically neutral commentary that offers no opinions on President Donald Trump’s policies. While his approval rating…
Wish you were here
I NEVER ACTUALLY thought about how to kill myself. Still, there were more than a few nights when I went to bed not caring if I…
Revisiting who we were
IT’S NOT THE most elegant of images, but sometimes I think of Christianity as like waking up in a poorly lit coal cellar. Sitting with your…
Flawed or fraud?
THIS GUY I know would make every “emerging leader” list around. He has charmed audiences and congregations across the country and around the world. He is…
A tangled tapestry
WHEN I LIVED in Amsterdam, I knew someone who owned one of Corrie Ten Boom’s famous tapestries. The Dutch survivor of a World War II concentration…
A last-place lesson
FOR A WALTER Mitty moment, I could see myself as a hero. But then reality set in, and everyone else saw me as I really was:…
The lost art of waiting
IN A WORLD where we get bent out of shape when it takes more than a few seconds for our favorite website to load, we have…
