Respond to Violent Rhetoric with Redemptive Words

by | Sep 26, 2017 | Opinion

We live in a time when people seem to have a lot to say and say it with great conviction. This is good; we need to care about things. We sometimes, however, confuse having a reaction to something with really caring about it, caring to the point where we are willing to...

Why Reading Your Bible Isn’t for the Lazy

by | May 19, 2017 | Opinion

I was walking through the halls of a senior living facility in Belgium on my way to visit the elderly father of a church member. Over the speaker system came the chant, “The whole world is watching, the whole world is watch.” Then the musical group,...

Embodying the Only Story That Really Matters

by | Dec 7, 2016 | Opinion

Advent is about waiting for the coming of the Christ, but what difference does this coming really make? Before the coming of Jesus, the Hebrews knew that God loved them. They knew that God forgave sins and that God took up the cause of the marginalized and despised....

Beating Burnout: Why Every Moses Needs a Jethro

by | Nov 2, 2016 | Opinion

She said she wanted to be a missionary. When asked how she wanted to serve, she replied, “I just want to love the world” – an undoubtedly admirable but somewhat ill-defined sentiment. My then-missionary wife counseled that she narrow and clarify her...