We R Here

I love the text – of whatever biblical passage I’m studying – but I don’t love texting. Maybe one day I will convert, but at present my thumbs, my brain, and my older cell phone keypad just don’t work fast enough to make texting a favored pastime.My wife received a...

Experiencing Burnout

Even leaders who have experienced God’s providence and power in amazing and unmistakable ways can give in to periods of fear, despair and darkness. Mike Yaconelli was involved in Christian ministry for over 40 years. Editor of the satirical The Wittenburg Door...

Forgiving John Lennon

One can’t justify what Lennon said. If you read the apology he issued in a later interview, you get the sense that he didn’t see what all the furor was about and it may be that, in a way and in regards to some people, he was just telling the truth when he...

The caboose of Christianity

We all have our blind spots. Clarity often comes only from the perspective of hindsight.That’s what leaders of Bob Jones University confessed in apologizing for the independent, fundamentalist Christian school’s past racist policies. A statement on the school’s...