Fear is a net which evil casts over us that we might become ensnared and fall. Those who are afraid have already fallen. D. Bonhoeffer I...

gotta kill the power play It’s been over week now since World Vision acted, the Evangelical world reacted, and hundreds of us wrote about...

equal and opposite reaction.  Likely true in the world of matter, but this week evangelicals managed to prove that Newton’s law bears no...

equal and opposite reaction.  Likely true in the world of matter, but this week evangelicals managed to prove that Newton’s law bears no...

Our children are growing, as we do too, slowly; imperceptibly every day. The meat in the crock pot is tenderizing; slowly. Our world,...

I wake up this morning in Colorado and, as is typical, make my coffee and then go to my ipad where I catch up on the news before reading...

sometimes your world gets shattered Dream big and work hard for it, because doing so takes you places — not always where you want, but...

God’s taken the complexity of religion and boiled it all down to three simple things:  mercy, justice, and intimacy.  This book is about...

“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!” I grew up living in “Cat in the Hat”, and...

Vacation’s done, at least all but the packing and driving back down the mountain.  It was nothing I’d expected but better, by far, than I...

What was the most watched television event of all time?  That would be two days ago when those of us who call Seattle home cheered until...

And so begins a mini drama where Abraham’s wife is taken by force because of her beauty and offered to the harem of the highest leader in...

My friend Matthew Kaemingk is a theologian and a sports fan. His guest post today shows us how these two worlds intersect if we’re...

For Walter Mitty, masterfully played by Ben Stiller, the push comes in the form of a missing film negative.  He’s the “negatives accounts...

this article reminds me that it makes sense to think about values.  Here are some values that need adjusting… more or less. More...

When the angel announced good news of great joy for all people, the angel opened the door for a feisty conversation about who’s in and...

I still have the last church bulletin from the last Sunday of my college career in Seattle.  It was 1979 and I was graduating from...

Early 1990’s:  The first time I saw the climbing wall it was located at the ski area adjacent to Tauernhof, the bible school where I...

lake.  It’s about a half mile down to the park on the waterfront and when I arrive, the suns maybe 15 minutes from dipping below the Alps...

When you talk to people and the subject of spirituality or faith comes up, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to use the word...