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How to Survive Our Country This Week

What do we do with someone else’s pain? Especially when it leads them to direct their anger towards us. Trauma and open wounds can lead people to toss the baby out with the bathwater, but what if that baby came to save? What if we represent that baby? Days before another election and it feels …[ read more ]

The Passive Idolatry that Renders Us Silent

Why do we remain silent? Why do Jesus-loving people clam up about deeply held truth? Why are we not talking about all God is, all He does, and the stakes of not choosing Jesus in most conversations? Why do we stay quiet, hoping someone else will speak or hoping our lives will do all the …[ read more ]

Should You Receive Special Treatment?

I was traveling back from a speaking engagement when I was upgraded to first class. That was my first experience in first class, and I imagine it’s my last. I won’t lie. It was nice having leg room and deferential service. And I just rolled my eyes when one of the last passengers to board …[ read more ]

You will be Permanently Excluded, Uninvited, Left Out.

We can be stubborn about receiving truth we don’t want to hear. Doctors must tell surviving family, “You’re loved one has died.” Avoiding euphemisms is crucial because in the moment, the mind grasps at any heartbeat of hope. Presenting a vague truth is cruel and delays acceptance of what is real. Jesus-followers must speak truth. …[ read more ]

Hidden Dangers Fueling Hate that You can Solve with Belonging

I confess, I love airports and hotels. Here’s why. I’ve always struggled to feel as though I belong. My soul is pockmarked from feeling, as a youth, I didn’t belong in my family, school, or community. So, I love airports and hotels because everyone there knows for sure they belong. A room key. A boarding …[ read more ]