hy·per·bo·le (hīˈpərbəlē): exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, embellishment, excess, overkill, rhetoric… I hate hyperbole, first of all because it’s gotta have the worst spelling of any word in the English language! How am I supposed to pronounce such a word spelled with such counterintuitivity?! It seems that everyone is addicted to hyperbole these days, and I blame …
A Sign But No Service
When I was a kid travelling back and forth between Northern California and the Bay Area with my parents we often stopped at a restaurant on Highway 80 called “The Milk Farm.” It wasn’t anything special, just an affordable cafeteria-style comfort food eatery. The thing I remember most was the 100-foot sign that loomed …
The Moral Governor (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 I made the audacious claim that the privileged inherit most of the power and the powerful end up with most of the privileges. If power corrupts then privilege is blind. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There’s something I call a “moral governor” that the privileged and powerful must acquire …
The Moral Governor (Part 1 of 2)
The privileged inherit most of the power and the powerful end up with most of the privileges. They say power corrupts and privilege is blind. I can’t say that I disagree. But is there another way? The New Testament gives brief accounts of two famous men of power and privilege––centurions both. For my money, these …
One Thing Leads to Another
This is the final piece of a multi-post theme on how to love people toward Jesus from the story of the rescue of Rahab the prostitute. The others are called: Reaching Rahab A Supernaturally Installed Wonder Accidental Evangelism It Takes a Savior to Save! Rahab’s Red Rope Friends with Prostitutes Humanizing the dehumanized & Mutualizing …
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