A few nights ago, I had a dream that terrified me. Actually, it woke me up feeling physically ill in my waking moments. I was on the side of a mountain that had a series of large boulders lining it….
Francesco will restore your faith in a broken church
Pope Francis made a historic trip to Iraq over the weekend and created waves by sitting down with Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq. Popes in my lifetime have done some remarkable things in attempts…
Addiction and silent judgment: Cassie’s story
The thing about judgment is that it is often silent. But the person being judged knows exactly what is happening when it is happening. It’s that smirk, frown, snarky comment or (from my personal experience as a Baptist missionary kid)…
At the intersection of Monument(s) and Avenue(s), a new vision rises
Statues are a funny thing. They say so much about people — their beliefs, their politics, their worldview. I grew up around all kinds of statues. In the home of my birth (and the city I lived in until I…
Returning Iraqi Christians to their persecutors
The Trump administration is breaking its pledge to protect Iraqi Christians, sending them back to their oppressors. Will the U.S. church remain silent?