Writings

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. …

When choosing sides

We have no choice but to choose sides. In the face of injustice, silence is not neutrality. However, there is great danger in claiming God is on one’s side. History’s …

Knock-off Christianity

Many professing Christians today affirm a faith that downplays, dismisses or domesticates Jesus. But they don’t want to see or hear that. They prefer ideologies — often labeled “biblical worldview” …