I love what I do
I love what I do. I love my church for giving me the opportunity to do what I love. I love the Lord for giving me the strength to love…
What makes leadership Christian?
If you do a quick survey of the Second Testament material concerning church leadership, you’ll begin to notice some unfamiliar terms popping up. There’s very little about how to manage…
When you muck it up
Most Sundays there is at least one comment in one of the sermons I wish I could take back. Usually it’s something crass, blurted out in a fit of enthusiasm….
Images from The Undwellable City
Today is my birthday, so I thought I’d post some of my favorite commissioned artwork from The UnDwellable City—a story I wrote for my son (also, my first foray into…
Sin Suicide
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 I think…
Gods and Goddesses
In the first Testament, Marduk was one of many gods that plagued the Israelites. his image astride a dragon at one time decorated the Ishtar Gate, an entrance to Babylon,…
Satyagraha
The word “satyagraha” is associated with Gandhi’s defense of nonviolence. Satyagraha was one of the most important words to Martin Luther King, Jr. But the power of that word for…
What God wants from us results in what God wants for us
God knows how to live because he invented life. God wants what he wants because it’s best—for us, for others, for the world. Though it may not feel best now,…
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