Fellow Christians: I’m Rich and I’m Sorry In fact, saying “I’m rich” can be an honest, even humble admission of privilege, rather than a boast of position. As Caryn Rivadeneira wrote, as Christians, we should be the most comfortable admitting when our successes are owed to privilege, acknowleding that privilege is just another way of saying,… Continue reading

The Millennials Are Rejecting Fighting Churches and Christians I went to a business meeting at that church. I’m never going back. Continue reading

Spiritual Security Yours truly at the South Boone Church of Christ: We trust in these products, services, and infrastructures to provide a measure of security in the unpredictable lives we have while on this world. Those who seek Christ, however, seek a refuge greater than anything man can provide. More than seeking security for our… Continue reading

Silencing Critics When our friends and neighbors fail to recognize what is presented by Hollywood as the Christians that they know, then they will reject the culture’s portrayal of a twisted and false faith. The problem is that even I see truth presented in many of these derogatory manifestations of my faith. Continue reading

If Jesus is a pansy, I want to be one too – Reflections on Christlikeness So, when we think of Jesus, we have a choice to make if we are truly committing our lives to follow him. Either he taught nonviolent resistance or he did not. If he did, according to the above quote from… Continue reading

Why I Quit Being Nice But now, as I thought through the past ten years of my life, I realized being “nice”wasn’t doing for me what I wanted it to do. Being “nice” was preventing me from saying what I thought about things. It prevented me from telling my friends that I thought laughing at someone… Continue reading

Practicing Biblical Hospitality Biblical hospitality is when we give ourselves willingly to the needs of others. It is bigger than food and shelter. It is the outpouring of mercy and grace from God to others, without expectation for reciprocation. Jesus said in Luke 14:12b–13, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your… Continue reading

What’s So Wrong With Being High Maintenance? “Go ahead,” he insisted. “Be a burden to me. I dare you.” Suddenly, in that moment, I realized my tendency to pretend like I didn’t need anything from him, or from anyone else, wasn’t healthy. It didn’t make me low-maintenance. It made me a liar. Because I did… Continue reading

Will the United States Stand Forever? Although we may enjoy living in the United States, we shouldn’t get too attached to this (or any) country. This country may end when the Lord returns, or it may topple sooner. But one way or the other, we need to remember that God is in control and those… Continue reading

Why I Still Go to Church In short, spiritual community provides soulful nourishment that I am unable of obtaining on my own. I think we all, on a deep primal level, long for our souls to be fed in some way. We have big, heavy questions and deep, aching doubts and intense, paralyzing fears. Some… Continue reading