If there has ever been a time when a good list is always in demand, that time is now. For a people constantly on the move, a good list can inform and inspire a wide audience on any subject from the economy to sexuality to spirituality. And who in their right mind would turn up…
Up until a couple of months ago, my food choices were largely based upon two simple rules: 1. Is it cheap? 2. Is it sweet/fried/salty or otherwise “tasty?” But lately, something has changed. I have done a bit of math and found out that, at the absolute earliest, the first time I would ever be…
The other day I came across an article in a local newspaper from sometime in the summer, because, you know, I like to stay on top of things. The article was describing the best Christians in the city of Seattle, so naturally, I was looking for my own name. Hey, I’ve only been in town…
Have you ever noticed that life seems far too easy for some people? Some days, I wait on people younger than me who are born on the right sight of the proverbial tracks, and pursued law or medicine or business while I was playing Frisbee with my friends. I see them in their sharp suits,…
This morning I was reading about Zedekiah, king of Israel, who was at the helm during the siege fall of Jerusalem. I always thought that he must have been an evil man. After all, if you are in charge during the most traumatic event in biblical history, nobody is going to mistake you for a…
How many times have you moved this year? I had not thought of that one so I had to take a second. At the beginning of last summer, I lived in the hallowed halls of the Mountain Lodge Apartments in Birmingham, Alabama. I had been there for over three years, which to this point,…
This morning I read the story of Gideon and his fleece and, if I am being honest, this may have been the first time in my life I have taken more than a minute to think about what may be perhaps the most mundane story in the bible. The book of Judges is filled with…
Lately, I have been struggling for something to say. What can we say, after all, that has yet to be said? The wisdom of King Solomon strikes again. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness to the flesh. And this was true before the moveable-type printing press, let…
Sometimes I think the hardest part of Christianity is letting God be God. I always think there is a better way, a painless way, an easy way. I can’t speak for you, I guess, but I am after a theology of glory rather than a theology of the cross. Or to put it more clearly,…
Toward the end of his life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote about his changing friends. He had grown up in a wealthy family, and had been a part of what we might call a bit of a “Christian bubble”. He was educated in a seminary, worked in churches and was involved in committees and councils. The majority…
