self-haters no more
I am now in the habit of stalking my youth group members on facebook… not to see what kinds of mischeif they are into… but…
Wheat & Tares
putting your money where your mouth is… even if it hurts
Recently there has been a call on some of the social media outlets I follow… a call to take money out of the big banks. As…
#endthedeathpenalty
katiez – for all that we have done… and left undone. for all that we have said… and left unsaid. Lord have mercy. #deathpenalty hughlh…
Facebook parenting = 21st century coffee klatch
Whenever we went back to my grandma and grandpa’s house for holidays, the family gathered together in the living room and we told stories. Or…
Fear or Dialogue?
(This is a post I wrote last fall, but for some reason I never published… as we come closer to the tenth anniversary of September…
postmodern holiness
I have been having a discussion with some colleagues about what it means to be disciples and pastors in the world today. The question was…
ding dong, the witch is dead…
I found out that Osama Bin Laden had been killed last night as I was crawling into bed. It has been a long week, I…
how can we laugh at a time like this?
I’m sitting at my computer, looking out the 24th floor window of my hotel in Des Moines. I am currently attending our annual School for…