It wasn’t that long ago that I preferred an unplugged 1990s existence to a 2020 world. No wifi. No smartphone. COVID lockdowns invited me to
It was the best of times… A summer picnic burgeoning with young, ambitious church planters. Discount hamburgers on the rusty park grill. Potato and macaroni
There is an old song written by Peter Scholtes during a period of social and racial upheaval in the United States. Reflecting John 13:35, the
It seems as if a day rarely goes by when I’m not inundated with opinions both inane and profound in a never-ending stream across social
In the spring of 2023, I briefly served as interim children’s ministry leader at my church while our youth pastor was on maternity leave. My
At a recent church conference, I steeled myself as the keynote speaker launched into a message on a topic I’d heard numerous times—the “father heart
It all began when InterVarsity Press (IVP) asked me to endorse Nijay Gupta’s book, Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the
At a time when egalitarian theology was viewed with suspicion at best or, worse, a distortion of biblical truth, imagine the exhilarating freedom of finding
In August of 2018, I started my first college class in 35 years. My daughter, who had received her undergraduate degree in Christian education in
I love sunsets. The glorious colors that light up the sky before the sun dips from sight are so beautiful and warm. Sunrises are more