Who Is My Neighbor? Voting as an Evangelical

Who Is My Neighbor? Voting as an Evangelical

It’s really only been this week that I figured out what, at base, so disturbs me about this election. There’s plenty to choose from, sure. But beyond the actions of the candidates themselves, beyond the insane and horrible rhetoric, beyond the general...
Silent Saturday

Silent Saturday

The day after you lose your best friend is actually worse than the day that you watch him hang. Because at least while you’re watching him die, the whole thing has an air of reality somehow, even if it’s the worst reality you’ve ever experienced. But...

Radical by David Platt: Review, Thoughts, and a Call to Action

Last night, I finished reading the book Radical by David Platt. You’ll probably recognize it by the cover if you click on the link: it’s the book with the bright orange cover and the subtitle, “Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream.”...

In response to the madness

One of my campus ministers did something very brave last night. Having come to Tuesday without a topic for his talk, he decided to deliver a talk on the current controversy surrounding Prop 8 and DOMA. Now, I, at least, was a little nervous when I saw the title slide...

2013: Year of the word

Hello, all! Happy Friday! Hope you’re having a wonderful afternoon, maybe sitting and writing in a coffee shop while waiting to meet with an old friend, like me. This morning, my little sister had an appointment, and I was sitting in a waiting room reading one of the...