Why we get the Internet we deserve…
This is our time to love with such eloquence that the darkness will melt into the nothingness it really is.
no great distance from Wake Forest to Bethlehem…
...to capture something of the light and promise that first infiltrated this world two-thousand years ago when heaven came down and glory spilled into the human experience
When the cost of health insurance becomes its own public health crisis
not having to worry about the cost of healthcare comes with a remarkable health benefit.
what’s okay about Halloween – and what’s not
There is enough real pain, and abuse, and murder, and horror in this world. I simply don't "get" how the gruesome details could ever be something to enjoy.
8 Unique Recipes in a Chili Cook-off – One wins, but they’re all still Chili
But we live in a culture right now where if something is right then that means everything else is wrong.
C.S. Lewis and why Jesus teaches love over religious rule-keeping…
a liberating thread of thoughtfulness in a society where were are so quick to judge one another without regard to heart.
To preachers: Either shine like an invitation to God’s light and love… or get out of the way #Mysoapbox
I'm not much of a soapbox writer but something rattled my cage this weekend and I have to make some noise about it or I am simply going to burst.
I believe what the world needs is a nice cup of tea right about now…
think about who you need to make a cup of tea for - and to serve - in order to help put the "civil" and the "kind" and the "generous" back into the heart of our life together as a people in desperate need of a cup of tea.
The Weight of Freedom #July4th
we are free from tyranny so that we may serve and encourage and offer refuge and - gladly - bear witness to the light.
An Open Letter to Southern Baptist churches – and the SBC’s new President
unless and until the Southern Baptist Church faces the fact that its values nurture a culture that facilitates and encourages male chauvinism, sexism, inequality, and even misogyny, there will be no progress to end the abuse of women other than lip service.
