Category Faith

“Let’s talk about totalitarianism.”

Most Christians are so busy with everyday-ness that they never pause to consider things like cultural and political movements. School, work, responsibilities at home, shuttling kids to activities and practices and church all keep us focused on good things. Those are all really good things. But we need to wake up and smell the air of culture we're currently breathing. Being awake is a condition of being ready for what God wants to do in us, through us and around us. It's time to talk about the growing creep of totalitarianism and why it's a very bad thing.

The broken edges of brokenness

We have these double insulated glass cups in our cabinet. Recently, I was getting one out, and it slipped, bounced once, and though I frantically tried to grab it before it hit the counter a second time, I failed to…

No love? No worth.

Whatever we may call it, love is not love if it's not accompanied by behavior that reflects self-emptying. Our culture wants love without limits and without truth. We're shown another way in Paul's 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians.

Dependence Day

It's counter intuitive for us to realize that we are most happy when we are most dependent. We are not independent, nor are we masters of our universe. We are dependent. It's a good thing.

A year for tears

A sabbatical About a year ago, I was beginning my first sabbatical. You can read about my tear-filled drive away from church in my Overwhelmed entry here. As I sit on our back patio on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in…