I’m progressive. Making progress. At least I hope I am. I hope we all are. I’m convinced we all can.   In a way, we’re all in the same boat. We allRead More…

It’s risky to release strongly held beliefs when we realize they’re wrong. But Tara Westover did it in Educated, Megan Phelps did it in Unfollow, Philip Yancey did it in Where theRead More…

“No leader…is an abstract collection of policies. We select leaders to make decisions about matters that haven’t happened yet. A dentist who screams profanities at opponents and promises a practice built aroundRead More…

I just finished reading Son of Hamas, a true story written by the son of a Hamas co-founder. His name is Mosab Hassan Yousef, also known as The Green Prince. He rejectedRead More…

Well, another eclipse is coming up, so being the music nerd that I am, I’ve been belting out that song, “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” (In my car, of course.) And beingRead More…

I’ve been really bent on defending my faith and democracy. 1 Peter 3:15: “But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asksRead More…

I just found out that the word Christian is only used three times in the New Testament. There’s no mention of the word Evangelical at all.  But the word disciple occurs overRead More…

THE MEETING FIELD  “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi  I noticed he didn’t say, “Out beyond wrongdoing and rightdoing, there isRead More…

“Ideas are sticky. Once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds.” Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast & Slow We see this all the time. We tendRead More…

I recently read a list of a certain pastor’s sermon titles on his website. About two-thirds were some variation of “Why You Should Be Different Than You Are.” I got depressed justRead More…