Tagged: James 1:19-20

Have you ever been bullied in the name of Jesus? I have. I remember each one of them. Like a full offensive guard scowling at me from across the 50-yard line. They didn’t know one another and they were separated by years and even denominations, but they were a united team. They were bullies for …[ read more ]

This week I learned about a rare disorder called trichophagia. Well, “learned about” might be stretching it. I was watching a BBC drama series about a doctor in a small village and one of the characters presented with symptoms that turned out to be trichophagia. The doctor only made his diagnosis after his patient dramatically …[ read more ]

One of my all-time favorite cartoons is Calvin and Hobbes and my favorite of those is one of Calvin and his patient mother. The first frame shows Calvin’s mother sitting on the sofa calmly folding laundry when from another room Calvin yells “Mom! Mom!” In the next frame Calvin’s mother has black clouds around her …[ read more ]

I’m not very good at moral outrage and I always feel a little guilty that I’m not. Take, for instance, the new Gap commercial that’s out now to encourage people to spend money for the holidays. It features an engaging rainbow assortment of young people dressed in Gap clothing dancing to aerobic choreography and chanting …[ read more ]