How can you love God? By loving your neighbor
We must now allow the Second Great commandment to be seen as inferior to the first. Continue reading How can you love God? By loving your neighbor
Category: Personal
I thought I was good at not judging others, until …
I used to think I was pretty good at accepting people who are different than I am. Continue reading I thought I was good at not judging others, until …
Intimate memoir details a life transformed by grace
As much as anything else, “Sealed” makes grace more than a theological concept; it treats grace something to be lived more than to be studied or preached. Continue reading Intimate memoir details a life transformed by grace
Go after the middle, says the Jeep ad; but is that the middle?
The Jeep ad wasn’t for me. And I mean that in two ways: I’m not part of the target audience that the ad was made for, and neither am I likely to find any appeal in Jeep models similar to … Continue reading Go after the middle, says the Jeep ad; but is that the middle?
My top 5 reasons for voting for Joe Biden
Not since the first time I voted in a presidential election — I was young and politically naive when I voted against the Vietnam War by voting for George McGovern — have I felt my vote potentially makes as much … Continue reading My top 5 reasons for voting for Joe Biden
How I’m using mindfulness to quit touching my face
Washing my hands is something I can do easily. Not touching my face is a bigger challenge. Continue reading How I’m using mindfulness to quit touching my face
A letter to my future grandchildren: Life soon after the pandemic began
This is what life was like for me near the beginning of the 2019-2020 pandemic. Continue reading A letter to my future grandchildren: Life soon after the pandemic began
Does the Bible teach we’re ‘desperately wicked’?
Jeremiah 17:9 has been used as prooftext to show that humankind is inherently evil. Continue reading Does the Bible teach we’re ‘desperately wicked’?
13 days in Colombia: My travel notes
When I was in college, I would routinely takes notes in class — and then seldom look at them again, and not just because my handwriting was nearly illegible. I found that the mere act of writing things down helped … Continue reading 13 days in Colombia: My travel notes
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