We’re sixteen Republican debates into the election season. By November, we’ll have all whipped ourselves into a vitriolic froth and will have convinced ourselves that the very survival of the planet hinged on the result of the...

“Well, I gotta be moving on. I’m needed up in Chesterton. A couple of girls up there think they’re vampires. This Twilight thing has gotten out of hand…” I laughed before Rev. Tim Tom finished telling Sue why he had to run off . I had just started watching The Middle this season, and...

When I was a young kid, there was no official celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To tell the truth, the Civil Rights movement was still a fairly recent event in the mid-70′s, and many adults I knew back then hadn’t exactly embraced the concept. Now that I have 30 years to...

Does Christmas music make anyone else crazy? At a certain time of year, we just can’t escape it. From Black Friday to White Christmas, it is all a distraction, and the soundtrack to the season seeps everywhere. Love them or hate them, these songs have little to nothing to do with the original Christmas....

Of all the stories surrounding Jesus that appear in the Bible, one of my favourites would have to be the account in John chapter four of the Samaritan woman who speaks with Jesus at the well. Now, I’ve heard many readings of this passage, most which focus entirely on Jesus’ words and actions –...

As I walked through the front door of the post office, I was faced with a choice. On my left was a vending machine from which I could purchase books of stamps, and to my right was the customer service desk, where I could make the same purchase from actual human beings. Because there was no line at...

Yesterday I watched this video with David Dark and David Bazan from the “Q” Conference. Dark is a professor and author. Bazan is an alternative rock musician who self-identified as a “non-practicing Evangelical” in the video.  The video runs just over sixteen minutes but is well worth the...

Human trafficking is one of the more lurid examples of the injustices plaguing the marginalized around the globe.   Thanks  to globalization human trafficking is on the uptick, and modern communication networks enable the devastating news to be heard more often than ever.  If we can stand to listen...

John Eldredge’s latest title, “Beautiful Outlaw” is his first since switching publishers. After a longtime association with Thomas Nelson, he’s now writing for Faithwords, home of the great Billy Coffey but also home to the very scary Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen. [Disclaimer:...

  Quickly now, name the first three things that come to your mind when you hear the name Ted Nugent. Wait – make that the first three things that come to your mind which you can say in polite company. Recently I saw a bumper sticker: “Nugent for President – God, Guns, and Rock ‘n’...