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March 2022

March 16, 2022

Five Lessons We Can Learn from St. Patrick

Has anyone created a graphic novel: St. Patrick: Demon Slayer? If not, someone should. Patrick,...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

Joy to the World

"Joy to the World" has always been my favorite Christmas carol, even though it's not...

December 27, 2021

Meditations on the Feast Day of Stephen

Yesterday, Sunday, December 26, was the Feast Day of St. Stephen, the first martyr of...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

I Can Only Imagine: Film Tells the Story of a Father Transformed by God’s Grace

One of the best perks of attending the National Religious Broadcasters’ Convention is getting...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Three Other Things the American Atheists Get Wrong About Christmas

(In addition, that is, to the BIG ONES – concerning the Deity of Christ, and...

September 2017

September 11, 2017

Remembering Angie

No matter how many years pass after 9/11, we'll never forget those we loved and...

September 08, 2017

Labor of Love in Texas, Continued

On September 7 I wrote about the tireless rescuers saving lives during Hurricane (A.K.A. Tropical...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

Thank God for the Charismatics

It’s been a while since I visited the charismatic roots of my youth. Here's what...

May 02, 2017

Generation Z and the Socially Relevant Church

No matter the generation we’re trying to attract, proclamation of Christ’s goodness and mercy transcends...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Not Just Men, Evangelical Women Guard Our Marriages Too

However those boundaries may look, we should be careful to judge. It's not about you....

March 07, 2017

A Christian Woman’s Take on A Day Without A Woman

The question is: Can our local communities afford a day without Christian women?

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Dear Younger Me, Don’t Abandon Orthodoxy

A song came on the radio about retrospection that caught my attention yesterday. It’s called...

December 2016

December 22, 2016

New Heaven, New War; God’s Search & Destroy Mission; and a Fairytale of New York

"I'm not one to namedrop," (she protested) but...I did receive my annual e-Christmas card from...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Thoughts on Jen Hatmaker’s Politics (and Theology)

It’s the same old story. Christians with enormous influence for the kingdom start to revise...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

God isn’t Depressed by Politics, Even if I Am

Not just the candidate choices, but the conflict they’ve created among my Evangelical friends and...

August 2016

August 04, 2016

Christian Film Confronts Christians Addiction to Pornography

From the pulpit to the blogosphere, we’re hearing more and more conversations about how porn...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Reflections on Tim LaHaye’s Death

Despite all the differences in eschatological opinions, Dr. LaHaye was devoted to the Lord he...

July 18, 2016

Baton Rouge, Racial Prejudice, and a Father’s Healing

Cameron Sterling, the Jackson’s newborn baby boy, and any other little ones who’ve lost their...

July 06, 2016

Sermons on Biblical Sexuality “Sometimes” Illegal in Iowa

The last place you might expect to find a commission aiming to control church services...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

The Failure of Evangelical Youth Conferences

It’s the favorite formula being used by Evangelical youth conference organizers: invite a bunch of...

June 08, 2016

Do Southern Baptists have a Decline Problem?

The SBC continued its drop in baptisms, membership, and weekly attendance in 2015. But with...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

Memorial Day Tribute: Of Good Days and Goodbyes in New London, 1967-68

Every year I re-post this piece that I wrote in 2011. I do it as...

May 26, 2016

The Women of United Methodist General Conference

The faithful, wise Methodist women I encountered helped this non-Methodist surivive the General Conference of...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Jen Hatmaker, Blurry Lines, and Transformative Truth

It’s tiring (and saddening) to watch Christian leaders tell individuals that you’re born who you...

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Now is Not the Time to Abandon “Evangelical”

The massive mistreatment and misuse of the term “Evangelical” indicates a whopping amount of lost...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

Worldview Loneliness in the Church

It is one thing to differ on music styles and wardrobe choices appropriate for Sunday...

February 01, 2016

We’re No Esther! We Look More like Jael

Be careful how you joke about conservative evangelical women. Not all of us Instagram our...