Christian Nationalism
From the sermon: Who is my Mother? Who Are My Brothers? In 1977, two archaeologists were working at an dig site on the Laetoli plain of northern Tanzania when one of them, in a moment of playfulness, picked up a piece of elephant dung and threw it at his colleague. As...
A Christian Response to Dobbs v. Jackson
Throughout my 30 years in ministry, I’ve sat with women and their families as they faced difficult decisions about their pregnancies. I’ve been invited into tender conversations about trauma, abuse, assault, the health of the mother, viability, quality of...
Slow Your Roll
The movie, “City Slickers,” captured the longing spirit of an entire generation in the early 1990s. An unhappy Manhattan yuppie on the verge of turning 40 is roped into vacationing with two middle-aged friends on a cattle drive in the Southwest. The...
Leave Your Cocoon
Home sweet home. Have you ever uttered that phrase at some point in your life? You walk through the door after a long vacation or road trip—exhausted, relieved, thankful to have finally arrived—and you say, “Home sweet home.” You’ve been away at college, and after a...
Expand Your Clan
If you knew everything about the future, what would you do differently today? It’s a question futurist, Faith Popcorn, has been asking for decades. Popcorn is an expert in cultural and consumer trends—the “Nostradamus of Marketing.” As a...
Election Day Survival Guide
In Matthew 25, Jesus tells a story. Your boss, he says, is heading up to Breckenridge for an extended vacation. She plans to be gone for a long time, giving you no idea of when she’ll return. She’s very wealthy, by the way. Business has been very good, profits are...