“The first step,” I said, “is accepting that you’re not going to save the world. You’re not.” My comments were directed to a young person in my industry who was facing a mix of professional …
Asa Hutchinson, Bill Clinton and questions In 2014, I was a pastor at a small nondenominational church in Jonesboro, Arkansas. One afternoon, I decided to get a quick haircut at a place called Sportsclips. I …
There is a palatable tension in the air. Do you feel it? This is the feeling of Black people standing up to our Nation’s racist systems. Another unarmed Black man is shot. This time it’s …
The reported “Outpouring” at Asbury University in Kentucky, has many Christians hopeful that this is a genuine beginning to a new spiritual awakening in the United States. While I share this hopeful optimism, it isn’t …
It may be argued there is something in the water we are all drinking, and perhaps something also in the food we are eating. Something is different. This year has unleashed changes that may prove …
December 21. In the midst of a season that calls to mind the birth of the Christ child, and the upheaval in the world of the occupation by the Roman Empire surrounding the place of …
Never Forget. As I write this, an estimated 5.3 million posts have used the #memorialday tag on Instagram alone. As it always follows a Sunday, a quick “Memorial Day sermons” Google search yielded over 7.5 …
In the introduction of her classic work, The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood writes: “having been born in 1939 and come to consciousness during World War II, I knew that established orders could vanish overnight. Change …
In September of 1979 the British new wave/synth-pop group The Buggles released the single Video Killed the Radio Star; nearly two years later, the song would become a self-fulfilling prophecy when the single became the …
Liz Cheney, chair of the House Select Committee investigating the Attack on the Capitol recently revealed she overheard a fellow GOP Representative lament “The things we do for Orange Jesus.” Cheney shared that her colleague …