An identity crisis in need of reckoning
Tracing the nearly complete identity fusion of white Americanized evangelicalism and MAGA political ideology requires nothing more than paying attention and being honest about what is seen. Not to beat …
When adults fail children’s Sunday School
In gigantic — like Goliath — numbers, white Americanized Christian adults are failing Sunday School. That is, children’s Sunday School. The primary lessons seemed simple enough, well taught and widely …
The day they moved my church
By Jon Roebuck An interesting story appeared across various news sources in late August 2025. The Kiruna Church in Sweden had to be carefully moved to a new location. Due …
Maralene Wesner’s influence continues
Maralene Wesner of Idabel, Okla., died on Tuesday (Jan. 13) at age 90. Her life will be celebrated on Saturday (Jan. 17) at Tom Baptist Church. For 55 years, she …
Sound of silence
Less noise is appreciated more these days than in earlier stages of life. Ballgames are watched with the volume muted. It’s easy to tell what’s happening and one can only …
Hushing up Jesus
When we emphasize what Jesus did not say at the expense of what Jesus did say we are putting words in his mouth. It is a failure of entry level …
Why then and there?
The coming of Jesus is both revelation and mystery. On the latter side is a question I’ve long pondered: Why did God choose such a time and place to break …
Six words (and more) to remember
Likely, the six words I heard most often during my childhood were “Did you wash behind your ears?” But a close runner-up is “Be ye kind one to another.” The …
Recovering the LTC
In recent years I have written or spoken about them so often that in my scribbled notes or outlines they are abbreviated as simply LTC. What are they? The “life, …
Why do people love to hate?
Any of the senses can elicit a nostalgic response in me. The taste of something once enjoyed in childhood. A smell associated with a Sunday school classroom from decades past. …