I have a t-shirt that says, “Ban Slavery” and some middle school aged kids on their bikes waiting at the corner for the light to change looked at my shirt and said, “There are no slaves in the world today! Are there?” “Yeah, about 27 million they say.” “No way!” “I know, shocking, huh?” “Where …
Sometimes do and sometimes don’t (Part 2)
What do you think? Did the Washingtonian florist do the right thing to refuse to do the flowers for the wedding between two gay men? There has been no shortage of surly pontificating over this one issue, and in my view, way too many words have already been wasted on it. So, why would I …
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Beach glass…
I'm reposting this very early piece for two reasons. I've been thinking and writing on a considerably "pushy" level lately and thought I might lighten it up a bit. Also I needed the time and bandwidth to concentrate on a number of other larger essays I'm working on. Hope this one re-speaks to you!
Good News to Broken Weeds and Burned Out Wicks
One of my favorite things is to preach good news about Jesus on the street. Frankly, I’m not super good at it. I’m not trying to be humble, I just know that there are others better suited for this particular task. Nevertheless, I love doing it because it feels so right to bring hope to …
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A good testimony
I used to think my best testimony was when I told someone that God did this miracle or another in me or around me. I supposed the best way to introduce people to God were stories of divine intervention and deliverance . While those are good, I’d say that if he always took all my suffering …
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