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Facing My Limits in a Flood Zone

October 9, 2024

As a minister, Iโ€™m used to helping people during crisis. But trapped at home during Hurricane Helene, I could only care for who was in front of me.

25 Precepts for This (and Every) Election

On disagreement, faithfulness, forbearance, and votes.

Faith Lived Close to the Land

Growing up on a farm indelibly shaped my understanding of God and his creation. Itโ€™s an increasingly uncommon experience.

Pastors, We Have to Play the Long Game

My whole ministry, Iโ€™ve watched fellow pastors crumble. We need to change our scoreboard of success.

Emptying the Nest in Hope, not Fear

When Christian kids leave home, we worry about deconversion. But our trust and hope are in Christ, not well-practiced apologetics.

The United Nations Is a Mission Field

What I have learned representing my Christian organization to diplomats from 193 countries.

Give Gen Z Students Some Credit

As president of a college ministry, I see young Christians on secular campuses modeling what it means to be good neighbors.

Donโ€™t โ€˜Spiritually Bypassโ€™ Your Church-Hurt Neighbor

Like the Good Samaritan, weโ€™re called to offer a healing balm, not pour salt on their wounds.

Sports Betting Has Become Too Prevalent for Christians to Ignore

Online gambling isnโ€™t necessarily sinful, but itโ€™s certainly not a careful use of the wealth God has given us.

Shielded from Truth at Our Own Expense

The Bible consistently tells us we must examine ourselves and accept correction, but our culture is forgetting the art of fair critique.

School Screens Are Worst for the Least of These

Unclench Your Fist

Instead of white-knuckling our way through life in a pluralistic, rapidly changing society, Christians should learn from Augustineโ€™s openhanded discipleship.

The Church Can Help End the Phone-Based Childhood

Christians fought for laws to protect children during the Industrial Revolution. We can do it again in the smartphone age.

The Soul of MAGA

The loves and desires that draw evangelicals to Donald Trump.

A Vision for Repair

We donโ€™t fix things anymoreโ€”relationships, democracies, or socks. Thatโ€™s a problem.

Making Space for โ€˜Yearnersโ€™

Some in our churches live in the borderlands between committed faith and disbelief.

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