Writings

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” …

Who do they think I am?

The personalized advertising Facebook chooses can be baffling. Some ads have me wondering what I wrote, said or searched for online. What in my particular “al-gore-rhythm” concluded that bamboo textile …

How much Jesus is too much Jesus?

For some Americanized Christians a dead Jesus is apparently enough Jesus. For example, a Christian university in California has an entire web page dedicated to unfolding their prescription of a …