How to be a tighter writer
I HAVE ALWAYS found the Journalism 101 guide–who, what, why, where, when, and how–to be of limited help. It’s a bit like telling an Olympic track…
The proving ground of faith
INSTEAD OF SIMPLY inviting non-Christians to our Sunday services, I think we should start welcoming them to our midweek committee meetings. Because that’s where they are…
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…
