Love: The Final Ingredient
Heath Veuleman’s powerful article “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” got me thinking about so many different things. One of the main issues, though, ties into some artwork I began working on in 2003. …
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
The following essay was written by Heath Veuleman. Over the last decade, I have gone through many things where the call to love others is a real challenge. Heath has also experienced challenges in this …
Exvangelical: Not a journey, but a day
I’ve been in the world for thirty years,And I must have traveled a million miles.Walked by rivers where the green grass grows thick,And entered the frontier where the red dust rises.Purified potions in vain search …
Sorry Jesus…. I just assumed you were on drugs
“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ‘For I was hungry, and …
Sin avoidance or doing right?
“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.”-Eric Metaxas* Avoiding Sin On my author page on this site, I describe myself as “uncomfortably” evangelical. Once, a …
A Triumph of Love
My last essay, A Birthday (and Holiday) Lamentation, was a very personal exploration of some serious challenges in my life currently. It is a hard and sad post. Yet, there is hope. My wife, Pamela, …
A Birthday (and Holiday) Lamentation
Today is my Birthday…Happy Birthday to me? I don’t feel very happy. It feels more like a time for lamentation than joy. I had a very different essay planned for this week but this subject …
Thanksgiving when you aren’t feeling thankful
Yesterday, our Pastor preached a Thanksgiving message that relied heavily on the nostalgia of family holidays. I can certainly relate to that. As a child, holidays were a wonderful time. I remember Thanksgiving as a …
Deconstruction or Reimagining Faith?
Deconstruction is all the rage. It seems we are constantly bombarded with news of evangelical celebrities who have deconstructed their faith. Often, this leads, eventually, to news of the celebrity leaving the faith. What is …
Remembering Who I Am
When I was growing up, whenever I would go on a trip without the family, my father would turn to me just before I left and say, “Remember who you are.” As my own children …