Is Your Speech Christian?
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. -Colossians 4:6 (NIV) Is your speech Christian? I have to be honest--I was shocked when I...
View ArticleIs being a contrarian always genuine?
I was posed with this question by my wife. I find myself to be a contrarian. I am in good company. However, I find that my contrarian nature can take me down two roads--genuine reflection or cynicism....
View ArticleReflection from My Mom’s Funeral (Sunday Is Coming)
On October 16, 2012, I lost my mom to breast cancer. This is the sermon/reflection I gave for her funeral. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?...
View ArticleWhy I Lack Personal Devotion for Personal Devotions
You may call it "devos," "quiet time," or "God-and-me time," but the fact of the matter is, if you are an evangelical Christian, you have a some point been told how important it is for you to read your...
View ArticlePreaching advice from an average preacher…
A friend of mine from seminary sent me an email and asked me to finish the following sentences. My contributions are italicized. A good preacher...knows his/her context but preaches to him/herself...
View ArticleWhy I Love Lent
[Adapted from 2011] Today is Ash Wednesday, where we remind ourselves of our mortality, "Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return," and is the beginning of Lent--the 40 days...
View ArticleBlogging at Everyday Liturgy
I have been blogging over at Everyday Liturgy recently. Feel free to check out my two recent posts. Family Practices for the Lenten Season For those of us who follow the rhythms of a church calendar,...
View ArticleRob Bell, Marriage Equality, and The Church
The news came out a few days ago that Rob Bell spoke out for marriage equality recently during his time in San Francisco. Among other things, here's what Bell had to say regarding gay marriage: "I am...
View ArticlePope Francis Speaks on Mercy and Forgiveness
I've been teaching a class on forgiveness, and it was cool to see the new Pope speak on the same thing. Movement of Holy Spirit? Pope Francis on Forgiveness
View ArticleWhy Rob Bell Matters to Me Even If People Think He Doesn’t. Response to...
My friend, Tim, was the first to respond to my post on Rob Bell's comments on gay marriage in his post "Why Rob Bell Matters to Me." In his post, Tim put Tony Jones and himself (?) on one side of the...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Be a Christian?
http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/what-is-a-christian Agree?
View ArticleBill O’Reilly the Theologian?
This was first shared with me by my friend Thomas from Everyday Liturgy. Martin Bashir really takes on Bill O’Reilly’s ridiculous suggestion that Christ died because of taxes: Visit NBCNews.com for...
View ArticleMissional = the new legalism?
The sad result is that many young adults feel ashamed if they “settle” into ordinary jobs, get married early and start families, live in small towns, or as 1 Thessalonians 4:11 says, “aspire to live...
View ArticleA Final Embrace
I find myself agreeing with the writer of the article below. This is both a haunting and moving image of two people embracing each other unto death. Every time I look back to this photo, I feel...
View ArticleWas Jesus Crazy?
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye,…but I say unto you, That ye not resist evil.” What does he mean? Does he mean that factors having to do with physical survival are trivial or...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly the Theologian?
This was first shared with me by my friend Thomas from Everyday Liturgy. Martin Bashir really takes on Bill O’Reilly’s ridiculous suggestion that Christ died because of taxes: Visit NBCNews.com for...
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