One of the most challenging summers of my childhood involved a prolonged visit with my cousins. Both boys, slightly older than myself, made it their personal mission to torment me. I use the term “torment” …
The situation with Bishop Budde pleading with Donald Trump in her sermon last week to show mercy reminded me of a story from my past. The story is from over a decade ago when I …
I am going to say something controversial, “Republicans can’t be Christians.” To the vast majority of Christians, I just said something unthinkable, especially if one is of the evangelical stripe of Christianity. I can feel …
A few years ago, the NBC TV show The Office was all the rage. Despite it seeming like everyone I knew was watching it, I couldn’t. It wasn’t that I wasn’t invited to the watch …
Age really wasn’t the issue. It was just a way of dismissing me. I was too young only because in interfered with their itch being scratched.
I remember exactly where I stood when the newscaster called the 1980 presidential election for Ronald Reagan. I was excited and greatly relieved. I remember letting out a deep sigh and thanking God that the …
Dear Dad, You went to be with Jesus 10 years ago. In honor of a decade of the best 10 years of your existence, I wanted to give you an update on how things have …
If Donald Trump ever decided to start a church, it might look strikingly like many of America’s megachurches, many of which proved instrumental to his election. Picture this: a sprawling campus adorned with gold trim, …
My faith is Orthodox Christianity. The life that led me to it was hardly orthodox (small o), nor was it anything special. Perhaps even less so is the world I have lived through since I …
When I was in middle school, my family moved to a new town over an hour away from my childhood home. I don’t remember wanting to move, but my parents were drawn to country living …