Book Review- R.A. Dickey- Wherever I Wind Up
The day your coaches suggest you stop throwing your “real” pitches in favor of the silly, flighty knuckleball is a humbling day. I remember that day, as a freshman on […]
Category Archives: Fear and Freedom
Evil, Narcissism, Laziness and a Call to Action
Last week, I heard about a book, now nearly thirty years old, written by a psychiatrist named M. Scott Peck called People of the Lie (Schriebner and Sons 1983). Over […]
Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom and the Gospel
Are you truly free? This question has been with me all weekend, as I have kept coming back to the very nature of slavery, freedom and covenant. Did Jesus come […]
The Way of Jesus: Following Person over Principle
Follow me, run along behind me! That is all. To follow in his steps is something which is void of all content. It gives us no intelligible program for a […]
Hearts and Labels. The gospel of bums made victorious
It used to be that the worst thing you could say about somebody was that they had “no heart.” Today it seems that the best way to offend a dude […]
If You Love Somebody, Set them Free: slavery, freedom and the love of Christ
If you love somebody, if you love someone, set them free. -Sting If the Son has set you free you are free indeed. -Jesus It was in January 1863 that […]
Believing Our Own Press: Bonhoeffer, Duritz and PR departments
One of my favorite all-time songs, for those keeping score at home, is “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows. You remember this song, I am sure. Adam Duritz, the writer and […]
Tin Men, Golden Hearts and Heavy Burdens
I miss that feeling of feeling. -The Avett Brothers The great thing about having a heart made of stone, whether that is granite […]
Our Constant Quest for A Heart of Gold
A few years ago I got the idea in my head that I needed, as a self-respecting music snob, to own at least one Neil Young album. I bought Harvest […]
Don’t Be Afraid! God is not Safe. He is Good.
Lately there has been a lot of talk about God’s wrath. Is it really possible that God could sentence people to hell? Is there a never-ending state of misery, pain, […]
