Dangerous Theology
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Music can be a fantastic unifying force, but if you’re not careful, it can unify people around the wrong ideas.
Faith
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Fasting
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Fasting isn’t just “not eating,” it’s re-sensitizing yourself to the things of this world you take for granted.
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Finding my Faith
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A friend once told me I was the “worldliest Christian” he knew. Some would take offense at the label, but he meant it as a compliment. I understood more about the way the non-churched world worked than he expected, and he was both surprised and pleased I was willing to step outside of Christian subculture…
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Mixing Faith and Politics
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The Bible seems to both promote and condemn standing against governing authorities dispensing injustice. What is a faithful follower of God to do?
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Faith and Cowardice
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God is not dead. Adding “to me” to this statement devalues it and marks you a coward for not sticking by your faith.
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40 Days in the Desert
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One of the Biblical stories I turn back to time and again is that of Jesus’ testing in the desert.
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How Vested are You?
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To have a “vested interest” in something means you need to have actually invested something. Hearing someone who’d been paid for their time, had reneged twice on offers to actually invest in a business, and had nothing tied up in the business itself claim a “vested interest” felt incredibly wrong.
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Why Doesn’t Someone Do Something?
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When tragedy strikes, there’s no end to the number of people crying out in public for us to ban together and “do something.”
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Freedom and Faith
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One of the things I value most is freedom; the freedom to make a decision and the freedom to make the wrong decision.