Category: Culture

  • The things we miss in our current political climate

    “Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others. “

  • The need for basic building blocks in our lives

    We can bemoan the loss of national institutions, but at some point we need to have a funeral and move on to the resurrection of new ideas.

  • What’s wrong with the world?

    What is wrong with the world?

  • The great work of God

    We need to see our lives as believers count. God is inviting us into his great work!

  • A personal cry for communal lament

    Could we hold off the political bickering for awhile? The need for community lament.

  • Simply Mourn

    We fail too often to stop and mourn. Orlando hurts today. A community hurts today. We can fight another day on all the issues… Lord, let us mourn. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be…

  • Thought of the Day

    A faith that is afraid of other people is not faith at all. — Thomas Merton (@MertonDaily) June 3, 2016

  • Resurrection thinking

    We need a different kind of knowing. We need a Kingdom knowledge that is there but we’ve been unwilling to tap because we didn’t see the need.

  • Remembering those who gave the ultimate

    They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.  –Henry Ward Beecher

  • Moving forward as believers in the public square

    It doesn’t matter who is president of the United States, or what political agenda is being pushed in Washington. I love my city and I can easily get behind a city that does so much for kids.