Around the holidays I sense from many churches and Christian ministries an extra push to get people more involved in serving outside the local church. By and large I view this is a great thing. Just as God came to us in the flesh, he uses us to be in the flesh with others as…
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Finding a Life of Thanksgiving
Whenever Rose and I get asked about how we started dating in college, she loves to take the opportunity to tell everyone about how she did not like me at all when she first got to know me. I was cocky and arrogant, and she picked up on the fact that I acted like I…
Making God In Your Own Image
Several weeks ago I was in a conversation that I found to be increasingly frustrating. The conversation was with someone I am very close to, but we do have our disagreements in politics and theology. My friend was objectifying groups of people to be this or that without having any experience with any specific people…