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July 2012

July 29, 2012

Freedom to Bully

And we wonder why bullying is such an issue for our children today. I...

July 26, 2012

Looky-See

I went for a walk this morning When I happened upon this elegant creature, I...

July 24, 2012

After the killing

I am off to Baton Rouge. I won't return until Saturday. Pray for me, will...

July 23, 2012

Ministering from Weakness

Dependency is the issue in missions ... You Westerners, you know how to minister...

July 21, 2012

The Joker

His isolation. Their inability to distinguish reality from pretend. Those are two of the primary...

July 20, 2012

Colorado Shooting: Guns & Cameras

Here's the thing I hate most in the aftermath of tragedies like the one in...

July 19, 2012

Bondage: A Black & White Matter

I couldn't find any surveys or studies to reference but I have a theory about...

July 18, 2012

Mandela: Change an impending fate

Today is Nelson Mandela's birthday. The 94-year-old is celebrating with family but all around...

July 16, 2012

God’s Poetry again

A year ago, when I was in my hometown, I stopped by the Starbucks on...

July 15, 2012

Where do they go now?

Whenever people tell me how bad the world is getting, I wonder where they were...

July 12, 2012

Prophecy ’72: Together Again

By all indications, I was an at-risk child, doomed by an unfortunate fate to...

July 11, 2012

Chawing on Your Ear

I once wrote a story about a man who had his ear bit off by...

July 10, 2012

Numbers Hooking up with Letters

I still have my Carly Simon and Carole King records. You know. The ones that...

July 09, 2012

A Church to Call Home

We went to a new church. It's hard to search for a new church home...

July 07, 2012

God’s Grandchildren

Some years ago, my daughter Shelby and I were traveling across country. I've gone...

July 05, 2012

The Buddha of all Boson

It's the match that lit the fuse that caused the explosion that led to the...

July 04, 2012

God Does Not Love America

God does not love America. If that offends you, you have a problem. God does...

July 02, 2012

Delaying Our Days

Ashley and Shelby turn 30 today. I can barely get my head around that....

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Battle Fatigue of a Different Sort

We have not done the work of prayer. Diana Butler Bass The worst sin is prayerlessness....

June 27, 2012

Nora Ephron: God’s Side-Kick

Nora Ephron has died, and with her at his right hand, God will surely get...

June 26, 2012

End the Silence

Now that the trial is over, the satellite trucks have all returned home and new...

June 23, 2012

Memories of The Redhead: Mama was a Dancing Woman

I have been praying for a redhead grandson. My daughter says that's a weird prayer....

June 21, 2012

SBC: The One True Church of the Heterosexual God

I was raised up in the South, home of the One True Church of the...

June 20, 2012

This presidential election: Why I don’t care

I don't care who will win the upcoming presidential election. I really don't. Oh. I...

June 18, 2012

New York City’s Mayor Mom

(Editor's Note: Disclaimer: The following is NOT a real news story. It is satire, told...

June 17, 2012

A Father of a Different Sort

Those Father’s Day commercials are difficult to watch. The ones in which dads happily take...

June 17, 2012

All Good Men Rise

Maria Shriver took to Twitter and her blog this week to ask a question: What makes...

June 16, 2012

When Sinners Heal

Graduation day has finally arrived. Sinner collects a diploma he has worked three long years...

June 13, 2012

The Sacrifice of Being Gay & Mormon

A dozen years ago I interviewed a gay man who was married -- to a...

June 12, 2012

Hold your applause Rosie O’Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell and I had a brief Twitter exchange yesterday in response to this video...

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