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November 2018

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...

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 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 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...

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...

July 2018

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 20, 2018

Make America Kind Again.

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

March 2018

March 23, 2018

Ashes, Ashes: What Jesus Really Came To Save Us From

On Ash Wednesday this year, I had the opportunity to offer Ashes to Go at...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

curse the darkness or become the light

As followers of Jesus, we aren't called to sit fuming, name-calling, blame assigning, in our...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

what it ultimately means to follow Jesus in an election year

I am acutely aware of the angst, ire, frustration, fear, anger, uncertainty and dread that...

October 2016

October 20, 2016

on french presses and red doors

Yesterday I flew to Portland, Oregon, where I'll be officiating a friend's wedding on Saturday....

June 2016

June 30, 2016

so you want to change the world:healing vs. changing

I have spent the past nine months working on my second book, which is about...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

english, swahili & the language our lives speak

Mama and Papa, the host couple I'm staying with in Kenya, have lots of visitors...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

to the man who called my Somali refugee girls “terrorists.”

Yesterday, I checked out of my hotel in downtown Chicago. I had a few hours...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

tears in a bottle: thoughts on my 37th birthday

Today's my birthday. I'm 37 years old. It'll take me a few days to get...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

in me as it is in heaven

Some people learn life skills like love, patience and conflict resolution from living with a partner...