I want you to pull my britches down …. Say again? And on cue, as if the song could read my thoughts. I heard the same line for a second time. Nightmare scenarios started running through my head involving my…
God, guns, freedom, and idolatry in America
After another mass shooting last week, I watched countless conversations about mass killings unfold on social media and in the news cycle. As many Christians defended complete and total legislative inaction in the wake of wonton violence, I was literally…
Super bowl idolatry
Thus, I may not watch any of the Super Bowl-mainly because with all of the hype it seems to border on being idolatrous. Consider the cost of attending the Super Bowl. Five days ago I checked to see what it…
the next right thing.
Quite often, over the course of numerous conversations unfolding inside the circled wagons of wounded American Evangelicalism, there develops this almost liturgically repetitious refrain amongst the faithful: our best years are behind us. Whether it’s wistfully recounting the size of…