Daily Archives: December 1, 2020

My 4 year old thinks it's hilarious, the picture in his Kids Bible of the disciples with flames on their heads. And he is right; the picture is funny. An image…

Liberals must reclaim a robust notion of sin. Yes, you read that correctly. Liberal Evangelicals, insofar as we have shied away from the term "sin" and allowed Conservatives to claim…

It's just so easy to sit around and wait for someone to do religion for us. Isn't that why so many of us crave charismatic leaders; inspirational people who can step…

Are you wasting time at work researching little known college teams looking for upsets? As a nation we are collectively in love with March Madness! It's great fun, but I…

As President Obama and Congressional Republican leaders prepare to gather for a "Summit" on healthcare, I pause to consider the value of political processes. Let us not lie to ourselves!…

My text for today comes from the final season of NBC's The West Wing. Specifically, I'm quoting from the character Arnie Vinnick, the progressive Republican Senator from California who is…

"But why did those people hurt baby Jesus?" It's a tough question to answer, and I guess that's what I get when I let the Gospel tunes of Johnny Cash…

What exactly is "thanks" or "thankfulness"? Is it a feeling, an emotion, a set of actions, or an attitude? These are harder questions to answer than it might at first…

Let's be honest, many of our nation's sportswriters probably wrote two versions of their game story last Sunday; one for if he won, another for if he lost? This story…