This is my Creed: Christ with me
On the Louisiana College campus, there’s a carillon at the top of one of the buildings that plays awful bell arrangements of popular traditional hymns at certain times during the day. When I was a student there, I would go back and forth between loving and hating it, but one day as it played “All […]
The Religious White
Some of my earliest memories are filled with images of Pentecostal worship—from both above and beneath the pews, as I often slept under them during worship services. For most of my life, I’ve enjoyed preferred seating at local expressions of a world-wide spiritual movement known as Pentecostalism. My religious devotion first developed in Northeast Arkansas, […]
Poll: Christianity Today and Removing Trump- Do you agree?
*The Polls are at the end of this article.* On December 19th, my birthday, Christianity Today, one of the flagship evangelical magazines, published an editorial “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” by Mark Galli, CT’s editor in chief, which has set the political evangelical world on fire. Trump has angrily Tweeted about the editorial and evangelicals […]
Visio Divina in the Classroom
It is not uncommon for professors at Christian colleges and universities to begin class with prayer. I, however, attended public schools through high school. I attended public colleges until I transferred to a private secular art school in New York where I finished my bachelors and received two masters degrees. My point is that when […]
The Apologetic of Love
Don’t be “That Guy” When I was younger, I really loved apologetics. There is something compelling about knowing the answers. I liked the surety that it helped give me to know that I had a reasoned faith, a faith that was right and true. I don’t think I was that annoying guy who always had to […]
Why I Hate Evangelicals
I had an interesting experience a few years back. A message was sent to me on social media from a family member asking me, “Why do you hate evangelicals?” I Am Evangelical If you follow this blog or know me personally that may seem like a weird question. I’m a life long Baptist who is […]
A Triumph of Love
My last blog post, 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, two days after that article wrote what I thought was a beautiful post on Facebook: “Love Wins” is a […]
Contemporary Vicarious Worship
I’ve been thinking about issues of music and contemporary worship in church for years. I’m not a musician. I did play the piano and clarinet as a child but neither stuck. I’ve also been in several choirs over the years. But all in all, musically I’m not much different than the average church goer. But, […]
Spiritual Maturity: Are you a Philosopher or Drug Addict?
If you follow the Faith on View page on Facebook page you know that I post a lot of quote memes. I’ve been collecting the quotes for years and pair them with images of my artwork or my wife’s photography. Several years ago, I ran across a quote that has become one of my favorites. “There are […]
What I Believe… a Statement of Spiritual Foundations
What do I believe? That is one of the most important questions a person can wrestle with. Unfortunately, far too many people do far too little wrestling with such questions. In Christian circles, this becomes very important as groups try to determine if people and ministries are a part of their tribe. By looking at […]