About whom do I refer? (Careful now, it might be a trick question.) 1. He’s no patriot, but serves only himself 2. He is “great” only in a corrupt worldly sense of greatness. 3. He is ambitious as a ruthless authoritarian 4. He pretends to be on the same page as religious conservatives who are …
Immigrants: “Poisoning the blood” of America?
"Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from, and we know they come from prisons. We know they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. We know they're terrorists. Nobody has ever seen anything like we're witnessing right now. It is a very sad thing for our country. It's poisoning the blood of …
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What About Whataboutism
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty much over the “whataboutism” tactic so frequently used in social media conversations and debates between pundits. It goes like this: Party A accuses Party B of doing something bad. Party B responds by changing the subject and pointing out one of Party A's or Party C’s faults …
Missional, Merciful, Worshipful Christians and Their Churches
[This is the introduction to the book I'm writing now. I'd love to hear what you think of the theme.] Major League Baseball fans drool over the “five-tool player” who can run like the wind, throw like a rocket launcher, hit for average like a machine, hit for power like Superman, and catch fly balls …
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Forgive: The Small and the Big Stuff!
"Forgiving small things is easy—like when the neighbor didn’t pick up after their dog and I stepped in it. Or like the time a barber used the wrong number clipper on me and made me look like a Marine. I can release flyspeck hurts with one swing of the forgiveness swatter. But it’s the elephant-size …
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