Tag: Culture

  • 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.

  • A new podcast!

    My attempt to re-enter the world of podcasting.

  • To jettison “Evangelical”

    My contention is that we give up far too much of who we are in the public eye voting for Trump. We will REALLY be the group that is far more known for what we are AGAINST than what we are FOR.

  • 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.

  • Resurgence

    There is a resurgence that is possible. It won’t be the biggest thing on YouTube or Facebook. But it will be lifechanging for the culture.

  • So… It’s Trump

    Voting is important. How that shakes out for me… well, I am not sure I’ll get it figured out too soon.

  • Donald, Bernie, and Me

    I love my church. I love their ability to think and disagree, and still love each other as we wrestle with the issues.

  • Return our prophetic voice, O Lord

    Our way forward as the Church is to take up the prophetic mantle once again. We need to stand for Kingdom goodness and rightness. It may make us sound like Democrats at times, Republicans at others. We need to learn to BLESS. We need to learn the models of Joseph, Daniel, and Esther. We need to live in prophetic power…

  • It’s not about dumbing down, but anti-intellecutalism

    Well, we can call it dumbing down, but it’s more a sense of being anti-elite. Somehow, it’s just not good to be “intellectual” anymore. I make no great claim to it, but I do love to learn. There is THIS READ. After you read that, WATCH THIS. (Warning, some strong language in this one.) Why do we shy away from…