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That’s the title of a book written by Steve Brown, one of my favorite authors and speakers. His life and theology has been to a certain degree a series of U-turns- thinking that he understood something, only to later on change his mind. He’s open about this, and very much the opposite of the person…

Soon after my conversation to Christ, one of the youth pastors of the church I was attending preached a sermon whose provocative and funny (to me anyway) title has stuck with me over the years. He titled it, “Flesh Finders and Sin Sniffers.” As you might guess, the pastor was referring to church members, usually…

Earlier this fall I started a five- part series of posts on how to teach our children to think critically.  Rule number 1 was “be gracious” to those who hold contrary views. Why? Because somethings can’t be reversed. Posts, texts, tweets, are permanent, apologies and retractions notwithstanding.   On to rule number 2. Ignoring this rule leads…

I don’t know about you, but I’ve ingested way too much digital content lately. Of course, the catalyst for why I’ve been overindulging was the election.  That includes the analysis of the results, the implications of the results, and of course the back and forth of who is to blame or is to receive credit for…

I started my classroom career teaching elementary school. One morning I was wanting to explain to my students the effect our words and actions have on others. To illustrate this, I took a 2 by 4 piece of wood and with a hammer, pounded a nail into it all the way through to the other…