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February 2019

February 19, 2019

Cisterns vs. Wells: Practicing rest in a restless world

A few years ago I met a man who had a chronic illness, who also...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

All Along The Way

When I landed in Paris a few days ago, the taxi driver and I chatted...

December 03, 2018

The Meaning Of Mistletoe: How Love Brings The World Back To Life

I've been sick this week, which means I've had a lot of downtime to read. ...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Not By Putting Little Crosses On The Shoes

"The Christian shoemaker does his Christian duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes,...

November 29, 2018

First Do No Harm: What Evangelical Missions Needs To Learn From Medicine

First, Do No Harm. It's the principle that's guided the practice of medicine for hundreds...

November 26, 2018

Why Christmas Should Be Cancelled This Year

Advent begins this Sunday. Christians around the world will spend four holy weeks preparing our...

November 14, 2018

No Place Love Won’t Go

Recently a marketing company offered me free tickets to see First Man, the new movie...

November 08, 2018

The Question Is Not, “Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?” It’s, “Why Do We?”

When I first started doing public speaking engagements, a philosophy professor contacted me and asked...

November 06, 2018

Vote with your ballot. Then vote with your life.

A while ago, a horrible thing happened to me. Someone I trusted used, abused and...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Jesus Didn’t Give You The Right To Bear Arms

Yesterday at church I led the Prayers of the People. I stood wearing a white...

October 18, 2018

About Yesterday

If you follow me on social media, you know that yesterday I wrote, Dear person...

October 11, 2018

The Day of The (Invisible) Girls

Today the world is observing the International Day of the Girl, where we remember how...

October 09, 2018

Fighting Fire With…Water: How Love, Not Anger, Saves The World

It's been a doozy of a week for our world. I was off line for...

October 01, 2018

Tender Is The Night: How To Take Care of Each Other in Troubled Times

Last week I wrote that calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline went up 57%...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

Ford v. Kavanaugh: Why One Woman’s Story Matters To Us All

After the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh broke last week, the National Sexual...

September 19, 2018

Going Viral.

Last week, a video went viral. It was a video of 56-year-old Anthony Torres shaving...

September 13, 2018

Closer Than The Storm Could Ever Be

I've been watching weather updates this week about Florence, the hurricane that's hurtling toward the...

September 11, 2018

9/11/18: A 17-Year-Long Lesson That Anger And Fear Don’t Keep Us Safe

September 11, 2001 has become the "Where were you the day that..." moment for my...

September 05, 2018

International Day of Charity: What Jesus Really Called Us To

Today is International Day of Charity, which the United Nations has observed every September 5th...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

Social Media: The Sacrifice That Costs (And Accomplishes) Nothing

Let's face it: There's a lot of good that social media can do. It helps...

August 15, 2018

The Ends Don’t Justify The Mean

In 2016, 80% of Evangelical Christians said they'd found the political candidate God wanted them...

August 09, 2018

If Your Gospel Isn’t Good News For Everyone, It’s Not Good News For Anyone: Why I Signed #PledgetoPause

Earlier this summer, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy announced he would retire, leaving an empty seat...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Because Hard Times Require Furious Dancing.

Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can...

July 18, 2018

Bloody But Unbowed: What Nelson Mandela Taught Us About Justice, Forgiveness, and Rising Together

One hundred years ago today, a baby boy was born in South Africa. He was...

July 16, 2018

Busy Is Not A Beatitude: Why self-care matters in a fast and furious world

On Saturday I saw an insane number of patients in clinic. When I got home,...

July 11, 2018

We Got Kids Out Of A Cave. Let’s Get Them Out Of Cages (And Everywhere Else They’re Trapped).

I was in a Lyft on my way to work yesterday morning when I got...

July 09, 2018

Suffer The Little Children: What the Thailand cave rescue teaches us about saving vulnerable kids

For the past seven days, I've been holding my breath, praying non-stop for the twelve...

July 03, 2018

We Are None Of Us Free

Tomorrow we'll shut down businesses and drink lemonade and host barbecues and set off fireworks...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

Kristallnacht, the Travel Ban and Our Response to The Immigration Crisis

In German-occupied Europe in November 1938, Nazis raided Jewish businesses and homes, and destroyed 268...

June 20, 2018

Make America Kind Again.

It's World Refugee Day. There are more displaced people today than there have ever been...