Posts Tagged ‘Redemption’

Scarlet Redemption

it was Scarlet it hung in silence, dangling there alone. shouts rose loud around it, chaos filled the air. people scattered, gathered. it hung alone, ready to rescue. it dangled quietly, waiting to be looked upon for salvation. it was simple, it was life for those clinging to it. there, against the...

March 31st, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

Of Circles and Squares and Belfast

Sadly, things are beginning to heat up again in the city of Belfast. Centuries of conflict and centuries of fear have been passed down through the generations. Much blood has been spilled in the name of religion and opinion and freedom and oppression. The walls are built high between the people, both...

March 4th, 2013 | Essays, Featured | Read More

You

So daftly me. A tree in its place Brings me my happy face. A dawn carefully knit Has brought me to you Has strewn me in two Or more, But that might be a bore. To some who don’t give a damn. And they exist, they live and persist. To tear it down, to tear us down, To have no need for You. This makes...

November 25th, 2012 | Poetry | Read More

Redemption in Gotham: A Dark Knight Dialogue

Eulectus. So, Cuidario, The Dark Knight Rises has been getting some good buzz. What did you think of it? Cuidario. Maybe you’d better tell me what you thought, first. Eulectus. Well, don’t scoff, but I liked it. In general, I’ve really appreciated how directly realistic Christopher Nolan...

September 4th, 2012 | Essays, Film | Read More

Enough Songs About Jesus

Don’t get me wrong. I love Jesus. Singing about Jesus is fine. I’m just not sure we can crank out good songs about Jesus as quickly as we think we can. I should mention that (a) I’ve written a fair number of songs about Jesus myself and (b) none of them was particularly good. It may, in fact,...

August 17th, 2012 | Becoming the Great Us, Columns | Read More

The Consumption Monster

Two weeks ago, I went on a fast for medical reasons. I had felt very sick for many weeks – constantly bloated, and whenever I felt hungry, I would eat one or two bites and then feel immediately full. I figured I’d fast until I felt better – just to clear my system of food. Over...

July 8th, 2012 | Essays, Meditations | Read More

Bobby Hurley and Me

If he passed you on the street, you probably wouldn’t have looked twice at him as he was such an average-looking kid. Pale, thin, with somewhat sunken eyes, he was listed as being 6’0” and 150 pounds, though there are those who would have would say that was being generous. Yet, the moment he stepped...

July 4th, 2012 | Essays, Sports | Read More

The Explicit Gospel

The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler with Jared Wilson (Wheaton: Crossway, 2012. 224 pp) Matt Chandler is the lead pastor of The Village Church in Dallas, Texas. His sermons are among the top selling podcasts on iTunes, and he speaks at conferences worldwide. He lives in Texas with his...

June 7th, 2012 | Books, Essays | Read More

Today I Said Goodbye

Today I said goodbye. Goodbye to a dream to which the Lord led me. Goodbye to the hopes of being a world changer. Goodbye to stubborn insistence that love is enough. Today I said goodbye. Goodbye to prideful refusal to ask for help. Goodbye to long-term denial that something needed to change. Goodbye...

June 5th, 2012 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Why Christian Fiction Is Often Bad

This Saturday I sat down with an aspiring writer who has a disdain for Christian fiction. I happen to share his conclusion but kept quiet. I wanted to hear his reasoning without coloring his opinions at all. My friend’s complaint was that the resolution of Christian books are often determined by...

March 17th, 2012 | Blog, Books, Essays | Read More