To what extent are our attempts to convert our friends and family veiled plays at validating our fragile egos? What is with our American obsession with approval? We all want it, need it, seemingly pine for it. We want to know that what we do/think/believe is okay and I imagine that as long as somebody...

The God-Shaped hole. Have you ever heard of it? It goes something like this; “People who don’t know God have a God-shaped hole inside them that only He can fill. That’s why everyone who isn’t a Christian is always chasing something. Our job as Christians is to bring people to church so they...

There are certain words that I cannot stand. When I hear these words, something in my brain snaps, and I have to stifle a large, ugly utterance of disgust. It’s nothing against the words themselves, but the way that they have been misused by people who throw them out with little care or thought....

I had a bi-level spinal fusion in April 2009, but my back still hurts. My surgeon keeps moving the goalposts every time I tell him this. “It will take three months for you to notice a difference,” he said at first. Three months later, he tells me six months. At six months he said, “Well, for some...

My wife falls asleep immediately, head to the pillow, but I like to read myself into the dream world. I climb into bed and pull my headlamp over my curly hair. I aim the light at the pages and read the words working my way through the ink, a story bleeding from the author’s heart and honed by his mind....

Have you ever heard of the mole people? You know, the people that live in the New York City subway system? They are said to be mysterious children of the tunnels, hidden away from mainstream society. Perhaps it is urban legend, but I could believe it. Sometimes I think I understand these under-earth...

This past week I went from Portland to Keokuck, Iowa for a friends wedding. The wedding was nice. My Chinese friend, Jiang, from Shanghai was marrying a white girl, Rachel, from Iowa (I feel that this is proof/hope for world peace). His parents came to the States for the first time. The bridesmaids...

www.ChristianPost.com picked up my remarks made at Conspire ‘09 and the post below about Children’s Ministry Inoculates Christians to the Great Commission. Some of the comments made in response to the article made me realize that I need to be more clear. Here we go: Home Schooling I wasn’t think...

Happy 90th birthday, Mr. Graham! Thank you for being an example to us all, believer or not.

I caught this piece on NPR while driving Mindy to work. Perhaps it was the lack of sleep, getting up at 5:30 am on a Saturday, but it was an immensely touching glimpse of what being an honest and true witness of Christ looks like through the eyes of men and women he was called to. I hope you enjoy.