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Music Changed my Life

Mitchell Roush recently asked me, “What album has most transformed you?” As soon as he asked me, I immediately knew my answer. I wrote an article for Mitchell’s website, answering his question.  If you want to read it, you can find it here:  http://www.themitchroush.com/music-changed-me-7-rent/#sthash.6Pu0GYPh.XyQD07xP.dpbs Here is a hint:  

Interview on the "John and Kathy Show"

Yesterday (September 9th), I was interviewed on the “John and Kathy Show”.  They broadcast out of Pittsburgh on Word FM 101.5. You can listen to the discussion here (my interview starts around 1:11:30 of the Tuesday broadcast): http://www.wordfm.com/ContentPages/4784/ Together we process issues of assurance, faith, the gospel, the other and the impact of culture on […]

BONUS thought on New Leadership Journal Article Titled, "Why I Gave Back My Assurance of Salvation"

Just published a new article over on Christianity Today’s Leadership Journal.  It is titled, “Why I Gave Back My Assurance of Salvation.” I have included an excerpt below: Since I was duly convinced that my “assurance” was the most important issue, there was this unexpected, subtle thing that happened inside me in response to heaven […]

What is Your All-Time Favorite TED Talk?

This fall, I took on a new challenge.  I am teaching a class on sacred communication. Okay, okay, the historical name of the class is “Preaching”, but in light of my audience, the current cultural stage and my hope that my students will become sacred communicators both when standing on a church stage AND any […]

The Movies that "Save" Us

I recently wrote a blog post talking about the profound impact that the movie “Good Will Hunting’ had on me in the most difficult year of my life.  I believe it is safe to say that GWH “saved” me in some very real ways: http://tonykriz.com/?p=978 The post was surprisingly popular, so I thought I would throw […]

Pro-Death: A new article on Parse

In my new article over on Parse (a blog of Christianity Today).  In it, I consider the idea that I (and we as a religious society) respond to the world and to our neighbors as if there are two kinds of sin.   You can read the entire article here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/parse/2014/august/pro-death.html?paging=off One kind of sins are […]