-Read Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It.
Anger and Racial Injustice
A systematically unjust world will produce perpetually angry people. Anger flows from a lack of control, power and value. When we are powerless, devalued and controlled by societal injustices, anger is the appropriate response. In fact, it would be wrong to tell systematically sinned against people to relinquish their anger. Anger is a natural, logical […]
A Beautiful Song Changes Everything: Thank You Jessie Mueller!
I believe music was created so I’d be able to find my heart no matter how cruel and cold the world becomes. A few weeks ago, while watching the musical Hamilton rightfully steamroll the Tony awards, I happened upon a non-Hamilton related song, voice and performance that was nothing short of a revelation. I’m going […]
The Problem with Transparent Pastors
Early on in my pastoral ministry, I went to a regular pastors’ gathering where we prayed for each other. After a couple of meetings, I realized the pastors didn’t really share any serious problems. It kind of annoyed me. One week, I shared that my wife and I needed prayer because we had been fighting […]
A Review of The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon
I must admit I was rather giddy to see the opening night of Jon Marans’ new book adaptation of Lerner and Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon at the 5th Avenue Theatre last night. Reading the production notes about Marans’ collaborative working process with director David Armstrong, music supervisor Ian Eisendrath and choreographer Josh Rhodes only added […]
Everyone on the Internet is Real-how to develop a philosophy of social media (part 2)
This is the second part of a conversation Tim Fall and I are having about social media. We asked each other some important questions about social media and responded without looking at each other’s answers. We found that we have a bit in common. Anyway, You can read the first post at Tim’s blog by […]
Headline: Someone Has A Healthy Philosophy of Social Media
Just a quick heads up today. My friend, Tim Fall, who blogs at Just One Train Wreck After Another and I decided to team up to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of social media. So we got together for a two part mini-series (think The Thorn Birds) that talks about our […]
A Review of The Dusty Ones: Why Wandering Deepens Your Faith
A.J. Swoboda’s latest book, The Dusty Ones, has a title evocative of a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western. However, the actual content of The Dusty Ones deals with a different kind of grit, namely the interrelationship between wandering and spiritual maturity. For anyone caught somewhere between Egypt and the Promised Land it is a worthy read. […]
Trump, Kanye, Driscoll and the Brokenness that Remains
For 5 years I produced and hosted a daily Christian radio talk show in Seattle, Washington. During my 1,200 plus shows, I tried hard to treat people the way I would want to be treated or at least to speak about them as if they were real people, not just conversation fodder. To ensure that […]
21 days to pray, fast and find
From January 1st through January 21st, Evergreen Foursquare Church is sponsoring a 21 day spiritual focus called Pray, Fast and Find. The following is a handout we reviewed in church to focus our attention for the upcoming event. I encourage you to use this handout before you start your 21 day journey and also use […]
Craig DesJardins Thematic Bible Reading Plan (2016)
I highly recommend this thematic Bible reading plan prepared by Craig Desjardins and printed with his permission. This is a really powerful and eye-opening way to read your way through the Bible. Please feel free to share with your friends and congregation. 2016 Single Sheet 2016 Bible Reading Calendar