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God Bless the Bland: Understanding Thanksgiving in the Middle
My mother was an amazing woman. She was an excellent teacher, a wonderful musician, and a caring, dedicated wife and mother. However,...
Singleness and the Church: A Biblical Introduction to Singleness
Over the past 50 years, the U.S. has been transformed from a very married nation to a place in which married people are becoming a...
A Divided Country Road: How Should Christians React to the Election?
My 24-year-old daughter came home for a visit last weekend. While driving back to our house, she was traveling along one of the myriad...
5 Common Myths About Heaven
How the bible talks about the end of the world and how we feel about it are often miles apart. The bible says things like, 'look forward...
The Three Faces of Elijah: Understand God’s Calling
At one point in my church life, I was very into being a volunteer. At one point, I was a church Elder, sang in two of the musical groups,...
The Sin of Certainty: Navigating Doubts and Questions
By training, I am an Academic in the Humanities. Now that means many things: First of all, I deal more with ideas and concepts than I do...
How to Practice Gratitude: Finding Joy Even When Life Is Tough
The world is chaotic right now. It feels like a tinderbox ready to explode. We’ve become numb to a tool of the enemy that has become...
5 Reflections on the Irreverent Olympics Last Supper Depiction
Like everyone else, I’ve seen the video of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in what is said to be a mocking depiction of Jesus’...
Dominican Republic Missions Trip Highlights – June 2024
15 students, 9 adult leaders, and 4 children went to Hato Mayor del Rey in the Dominican Republic during the week of June 15-22. We all...
What Does One Wear as the Bride of Christ?
I had not danced this much since I was in college (my apologies to any Old School Baptists, but if someone drops Gap Band, I am on the...
An Old Man Whines at 60 (God, Where Are You?)
I have always understood that I would grow older, and, whereas, both of my parents lived into their 90’s, I figured it would be a long,...
Why Should I Read the Gospels… Again?
For Christians, there is no denying the important role that the Bible plays in our day-to-day faith. From Psalm 119:105, "Your word is a...