Sykes, Eliason, And The Hard Work of Regret
This past weekend, I heard an expression of regret from a man who had shaped the faith and politics of thousands of of…
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Listening To The Megaphone
As we face a transition in leadership this week in this country unlike any we’ve experienced before, I am praying we in the…
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Out To The Margins: Don and Kathy (Part 2)
In yesterday’s post (click here), I introduced Don and Kathy Groesser, a couple with three young children with whom we worshipped two decades…
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Out To The Margins: Don and Kathy (Part 1)
Over the years, I’ve written about some of the odd or unhealthy trends I’ve witnessed in Evangelicalism. I’ve annoyed a few people along…
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The sound of red in your head
When you read those red letter words in your Bible, the ones Jesus spoke, what sort of inflection and emotion do you hear…
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God at the Waffle House (yes, the Waffle House)
I’ve had fairly limited internet access this week as we’ve been traveling. It became an unplanned digital Shabbat, intermittently punctuated with internet access…
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I was the 36%
Terri was a chemist, skilled at her work and respected by her coworkers. Terri was a caring daughter. She spent a few evenings…
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Let it begin with me…
I spend a lot of time online. It is poach-an-egg-on-the-windshield hot outside. Combine the two, and it is entirely possible that my perceptions…
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