faith-based commentary for people who think
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.
there’s this constant tension between what I find fascinating and what I believe is right. I love history, and the stories surrounding great battles are compelling, but I can’t begin to understand violence and the brutal events that play out when nations make war.
Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know and who you don’t know, put your listening ears on, make room in your heart for people you may never understand, and thank God from the depths of who you are that you don’t have to be right all the time – DEREK
If your solution is to tightly regulate every move we make and every breath we take, then I’ll take my chances with the guns. But don’t you dare insist on your “right to”anything without first dealing with your responsibility to follow God’s law.
We cannot legislate morality and we cannot pass a bill that stops irresponsibility. But we can work together to be more of a connected, concerned, supportive, accountable, mutually encouraging community.
Humility, vulnerability, and wide-open hearts may well be the cure for the malaise that runs deep and wide in our culture
If it’s Saturday morning then it must be soccer. David and Beks are only 20 months apart, so they get to play on the same “Y” recreational team.
Because we hold this truth to be self-evident, that no American’s right to bear arms should ever infringe on a child’s right to live
When The One Thing is Jesus, everything else is viewed through that prism, poured through that filter, experienced in His Grace.
Everything that I write – books, blogs, articles, features or commentary – is back-shadowed by faith. Sometimes you can see it clearly; often it is necessary to scratch at the surface; once in a while, the story on top is absolutely all you can see. But, behind everything, my world-view is ultimately redemptive
