How to keep a writer humble
I once interviewed the head of pediatrics at a British hospital who had all doctors new to the department spend some time on their knees in…
Getting re-signed in the face of disappointment
Given that parents can find themselves in trouble with the authorities these days for letting their kids walk home alone from the neighborhood park, it’s unlikely…
Learning to like Good Sam
After years of quiet resentment, I am finally coming to accept that the Good Samaritan wasn’t such a bad guy after all. But for the longest…
Looking more closely before leaping to conclusions
For someone whose work involves paying attention to detail, I can be pretty unobservant at times. I seem to have a rare talent for turning the…
Lighting up another low-level Lent
Despite my best intentions, all too often the high points of the church year pass in a low-level kind of way. I welcome the approach of…
When getting nowhere fast is a reminder
To those who feel like they have been abandoned in the middle of a great adventure: you’re in good company. If everything was going well and…
Nazirites and knee-jerks
I’ve tried reading Andrew Murray’s classic With Christ in the School of Prayer at least a couple of times. However, I am still in the remedial…
From public interest to prurient interest
I’m full of admiration for my journalist peers who risk life, limb, and reputation to report on things that people with power don’t want the world…
It’s not called The Facts of the Apostles…
If Christians want to gain any kind of hearing in the public space, I suspect that it will only come through becoming unreasonable. I don’t mean…
Lenten anger
It’s Lent, and I am trying to embrace the season’s gift of grumpiness. I know that in this lead-up to Easter one is supposed to wander…
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