Tom Krattenmaker, of USA Today fame, recently wrote this article for Huffington Post titled, “6 Evangelicals You Don’t Know… But Might Want To.” I was included among a list of people that I would consider heros including, Lisa Sharon Harper, Kevin Palau, Dr. Paul Metzger and Jim Henderson. Humbling.
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Here is a video produced by The Parish Collective that I thought you might like to see. It talks about an idea I call “Helicopter Lifestyles.” I think you will find it stimulating.
Leadership Journal Article: Can a Muslim Be God's Voice to Me?
What am I to do with my Albanian grandmother? What am I to believe regarding my wise and spiritually insightful (even faith-filled) agnostic neighbor or my lovely Buddhist housemate or the tipsy advisor sitting next to me at the local pub?
Red and Black: Everybody Sub-plots from Les Miserables. Everybody Sub-Plot #1: Big is Small and Small is Big
I am a “musicals guy.” There is no way to get around it. I should also tell that I had arguably the most transcendent “non-religious” experience of my life the first time I saw Les Miserables on stage in the spring of 1994 from the first balcony of a London theater. Because of these facts, […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. John Perkins and 'Loving Your Enemies'
Today we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In my own small way, I would like to share some of his words, followed by my own writings in response to time I have spent with Dr. John Perkins.
Does this Make Me a Bad Christian? (A reaction to the Connecticut school shootings)
The pastor’s words went from sad to mad, from fear to rage. He confessed an unquenchable thought. He wished the shooter had just killed himself before entering the school. He confessed that he wanted violence, if it spared the children. Can you relate?
Friendship Happens: A Humble Suggestion for this Election Season
Election seasons divide people. They do so almost by definition: positions taken, votes collected, ideological-bases solidified (and polarized). I fear that there is little to no hope. Maybe for this one season, we need to accept that we live inside a high school debate class. Tables are pushed to the edges of the room. Two […]
Lance Armstrong: Embellishment and Insanity
So this week news broke that Lance Armstrong is a doper. In fact he is more than a doper, he is a cheater and with his cheating he has taken the dreams and imaginations of millions of people and flushed them down the toilet. He has taken a movement of cancer awareness/financial support and dumped […]
Huffington Post Article: We Were Blind: How a Homeless Couple Taught Us To See
I was asked by HuffPost to submit a short article. It was published yesterday. Here is a small excerpt, followed by the link:
New Book "Welcome to the Table- Post-Christian Culture Saves a Seat for Ancient Liturgy"
This book addresses the following question: What hope does Eucharistic liturgy bring to the future of churchplanting within the increasingly post-Christian urban centers of the Pacific Northwest and beyond?