This is a good day to look at pictures of cemeteries. The stories they hold speak of real people…
politics
about today’s midterm elections – please read this and pray for our country
I believe that the voices of those who understand this – the reasonable among us – need to well up, to stand up, to join together, and to be heard.
Bob Marley, Pete Seeger, Ecclesiastes, and Jesus #RedemptionSong
How do we claim God’s gift of beauty and sing songs of freedom without giving in to cynicism?
Derek’s easy guide to the midterms – (There’s not enough Glade® in North America…..)
I watched five minutes of the hearings. That was four minutes and thirty-seconds too much. Oh. My. Gosh. Shame. Regardless of party affiliation, shame on you. Not shame on the witnesses, but shame on the manipulators, the opportunistic, the hypocritical… Read More ›
The Twin Towers of Integrity and Goodness
Today, September 11, 2018, I’m concerned that we as a nation are facing a more sinister and complex long-term danger than we were seventeen years ago:
Should we all just get off the Internet… or help clean the place up?
My issue is that I am in the business of sharing light, inspiration, encouragement, hope, koinonia, and meaning – yet the media I engage to get my message out is more often used to spread darkness, division, discouragement, disillusion, hate, and confusion.
Real Men reject the false narrative that knows little of humility and kindness…
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. – Galatians 5:22-23 As a writer I’m involved in a lot of different projects, many of which run simultaneously. Today, for… Read More ›
“Je dénonce!” Not so fast – Jesus recommends another way
When ‘reporting’ becomes indistinguishable from shouting ‘FIRE!’ in a crowded theater.
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.
the day we launched a community conversation around gun violence
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.
