The church has increasingly become less effective at helping people, and a key reason is the church has transitioned from rescuing people to “tipping” people. From the […]
I don’t want to sound cliche, but the photo above is a grand demonstration of that old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s […]
An observation of our culture tempts me to think we have two changes happening at once: An increase in the number of people in need of help, […]
The New Testament church used to do this when they gathered together. We don’t. And we’re a far less loving, mature, and unified church than the early […]
Musicians are some of the most passionate people you will ever meet. There was a sign posted in a music store that stated, “A jazz musician is […]
I’m an intensely observant person. Part of that comes from how God has wired me, part of that comes first from training as a journalist, then training […]
Scrolling through my Facebook timeline, this post stopped me: “I want to sing but other patient is in deep sleep.” The person posting this is a young […]
The philosophy of the positive-thinking, motivational speaker crowd has so infiltrated the church we’ve adopted a lot of their platitudes and language. For example, a lot of […]
The line from the movie “Forrest Gump” is so famous, most people know it: “My momma always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never […]
The most direct way for someone to be devalued in our lives is for them to behave in some way — especially toward us — that we […]