Sensualitis
Though not yet cited by the Center for Disease Control, Americans are exposed, day after day, to the toxic infection of sexual excess. In...
Affluenza
The word “affluenza” is a blend of two words, affluence and influenza. This melded word was popularized in a PBS documentary in 1997 and...
Moses
God called Moses, a shepherd at the time, to set the Israelites free from slavery in Egypt. So Moses took his wife and sons and went back...
Lightning
As thunderstorms sweep through on summer evenings, thunder rolls and lightning sears the sky. When storms of dissension rile churches,...
Longmire
I just finished Longmire, a contemporary crime series that streams on Netflix. Based on novels written by Craig Johnson, the series...
Done
In her book Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg has popularized the Facebook motto: “Done is better than perfect.” At times this maxim can be a...
Disillusionment
Linus, the blanket-toting theologian of the Peanuts comic strip, once insisted, “I love mankind. . . it’s people I can’t stand.” Linus...
Wintertime
Despite record snowfalls and cold this year in the eastern U.S., I want to extol the value of winter—in particular, of a dormant season...
David and Goliath
With a captivating profusion of powerful stories, Malcolm Gladwell in David and Goliath confronts the biggest bugaboo of small church...
Why Not?
In 1943 Lockheed Martin, an aerospace company, selected its most creative engineers—and told them to think “outside the box.”...
Bucking the Trends
Despite the trends, regardless of appearances, smaller churches continue to rescue and restore broken people in the rural, small town,...
