During an extended family gathering a few days after Christmas, I asked a relative in her early 20s the predictable...
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The Bible Is My Favorite Rerun+
I was in my 30s before I started reading through the whole Bible. Before that, my approach had been mainly...
Solomon’s Cure for Bitchiness+
My 1997 Toyota Corolla took its final breaths in a church parking lot on a Monday afternoon last month. After 227,000...
That’s the Wrong Way to Worship!+
Drums kicked a strong and even beat, clapping around the room quickened pace, and I reached for my child-sized tambourine....
The Contrary Work of Self-Knowledge+
Early in the first season of Mad Men there is a scene in which Betty Draper, the beautiful and dutiful...
Difference Between Doing and Being+
Recently I read an interview with a new-to-the-scene Christian writer who said that he defined himself as a writer because...
The Problem with Prayer+
Just before her 15-year-old son was shot and killed not far from the Obama’s ‘Tony’ home in Chicago, Timika Ruteledge-German...
A Relationship Worth Recording+
My childhood was spent designing spaceships with legos or impersonating NBA greats on a mini hoop in my basement or...
Why Messy Doesn’t Bother God+
Forget it. I’ll just let the words fall as they come. Take away the filter. Put thoughts to paper like...
Invitation to Tears+
I’ve walked into places where my prayers seemed to hit a wall and bounce back, reverberating with my own confusion. To avoid...
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