The WORST Easter Message I’ve Ever Heard
Don’t ask me how, but somehow I came across a link over the past week to Newt Gingrich’s blog and his reflection on Easter. The graphic above should give you a pretty good idea of how his reflection...
View ArticleMissing The Proverbial Banana Boat
Only a week ago I posted a piece here on the realities of Social Media and suggested that the viability and authenticity of online community is something that the church needs to take a very hard...
View ArticleLove Really IS Divine
Wanna know why I love this song by Seal so much? I was challenged to give the topic of Love some thought this week, and the more I gave it some thought the more I realized how many different kinds of...
View ArticleYouth, Grace, Ignorance, and Justin Bieber
Over the weekend, my wife looked at me over her laptop and said, “Oh my God, did you hear what Justin Bieber wrote in the guest book when he visited the Anne Frank House?” You probably have by now,...
View ArticleA Modern Parable In The Face Of Tragedy
I know when I encounter deep tragedy like we watched unfold in Boston on Monday, I tend to react not with anger but with great sadness. I felt that way on September 11th, and I felt that way again on...
View ArticleA Renewal of Strength
This clip is one of my favorites from one of my all-time favorite movies, “Chariots of Fire.” I love this movie for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which are the theological themes that...
View ArticleDaily Dose on Tough Choices
What are we missing or losing if we shy away from tough choices?
View ArticleInnocence And The Kingdom Of God
Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.” I found a website this morning on Twitter that...
View ArticleWhat Would YOU Say?
As I continue to look at some “Thought Provoking Questions” this week I’ve found online, one of them was: “If you had the chance to speak to a large number of people, what would you say?” Now, I’ve...
View ArticleThe Courage To Love
“A man is never too weak or too wounded to fight, if the cause is greater than his own life.” - Oenomaus to Nemetes from “Spartacus” I have had cause to give a bit of thought to the meaning of...
View ArticleJesus Wept – But Big Boys Don’t Cry
Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, for the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. William Butler Yeats I have always found the reaction to...
View ArticleHugs
As someone that relishes being a parent, it hits me time-and-time again how much there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for my children; and also how much a hug from them can completely melt away the...
View ArticleInnocence And The Kingdom Of God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAk2ZogG23s Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.” I...
View ArticleFood, Joy & The Presence Of The Spirit
“I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil – this is the gift of...
View ArticleBehold, I Make All Things New – And You Freak Out!
Watch! I’m about to carry out something new! And now it’s springing up— don’t you recognize it? - Isaiah 43:19 Perhaps it is because I was moved around so much as a child, but I don’t fear change; I...
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