I didn’t sleep last night. Today was the day I would enter into Santiago de Compostela after 29 days of walking almost 800km (500 miles.) I had it all planned. I would rise by 5am, quietly slip out of the guesthouse (trying to not disturb my 13 roommates), set out alone in the pre-dawn darkness. […]
Hey friends, I am currently outside of Orlando visiting family. So much of the discussion right now is about the tragic death of 49 souls in an Orlando night club and wounding of dozens more. What is a human being to do with such tragedies? How are we to respond to our neighbors and friends […]
One of my new themes in life is “No Back Spaces.” It is a movement within my public life, to say what I think, the way I think it, with less regard for the political ramifications. It is a change of orientation to not say things in a way that will speak to the “largest […]
This past weekend, I was invited to share at Bridge City Community Church (http://www.bethechurch.net) in SE Portland. Here are the thoughts that I shared… The beginning of my public meditation was the unexplainable violence in Paris last week. My out loud thoughts surfed through stories from my youth, the harmful limitations that church-speak perpetrates upon […]
I recently gave an on-air interview on The Dove TV. We covered several topics including my newest book, ALOOF, and host, Perry Atkinson, seemed most enthusiastic to get to a conversation about the church and the surrounding culture. Needless to say, I think Perry was a bit surprised by my answer. To jump to the […]
Okay, the title of today’s post is problematic on a couple of levels: You may not consider me an Evangelical. Many, many people do not. Many consider me a “progressive” and in various ways those folks are correct. The word “Evangelical” is a bit slippery, having divergent definitions, depending upon who you ask, AND several […]
On today’s episode of #OffTheHighway, Romal Tune, author of “God’s Graffiti” answers my question, “Why do you think God hides from us?” Romal’s entire answer is really worth a listen, but there was one moment that stopped me in my tracks. Roman said, “For me, I think that I project my abandonment issues onto God.” […]
In today’s episode of #OffTheHighway, Dr. Deborah Loyd takes a moment to share her thoughts on God’s hiddenness. She quotes Oswald Chambers and frames the question as “God in the clouds.” Deborah makes the statement that it is when we are “stressed” and “in pain” that God shows up. This is one of the big […]
This video is scheduled to release next week, but I can’t keep it from my friends any longer. Enjoy this lovely, fast-moving ALOOF conversation with some of my favorite and most insightful friends:
