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December 2013

December 15, 2013

Why it’s good to remember our sins

Over the course of several books, crime novelist Philip Davison gave life to his character...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Cormac McCarthy and all the broken children of God

Spend any time reading the news, driving the interstates, or peering into the recesses of...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

Why are there dirty stories in the Bible?

Anyone who's read the Bible to children or come at it with some naivety knows...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Disillusioned by the church

I recently had an exchange in which someone mentioned leaving the church. Who hasn't? He...

December 2012

December 05, 2012

It’s the little sins that kill you

Judas Iscariot didn't begin with betrayal in mind, and David didn't intend adultery and murder....

March 2012

March 05, 2012

Fighting Downton Abbey passions

At the dawn of the surprise-hit series Downton Abbey Mary Crawley has a momentary and...

November 2011

November 15, 2011

Make room for suffering

There is a strain of Christianity that promises material blessing as a sign of God's...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

The slow-drip destruction of sin

The Christian walk is strewn with snares and pitfalls, many of which are placed in...

January 19, 2011

Go ahead and live badly

Perhaps the most tiresome complaint about Christians is that they are hypocrites. Just typing the...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Thanks for everything

Get this scene: A monk sits on a train. A fellow passenger approaches and offers...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

We are not our sins

I recently learned that an acquaintance of mine had announced a pretty significant life change,...

July 08, 2010

How to avoid ineffectual prayers

James, the brother of Jesus, was serious about his prayer. He used to go to...

June 2010

June 27, 2010

Encouraging belief

I’ve been thinking for a while about how to encourage belief in my two children,...

July 2008

July 07, 2008

Crooked men in a crooked world

“There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile.” — British nursery rhyme...

June 2008

June 14, 2008

More tragedy, please

Tales of tragedy, crime, and corruption have value for several reasons. One is that those...

June 08, 2008

Prayer by the book (2)

I have my children every other week. At night we pray. I’m not as consistent...