[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”nothing to protect — man under umbella”]123rf.com[/featured-image] One of the things I have learned is that I have nothing to protect. Everything in me I seek to protect and defend is false anyway. My ego, my sensitivities, my vanity, my guilt and regrets — none of it is going to last.Continue reading “Nothing to Protect”
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Why I Need Your Grace
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”authenticity, vulnerability, and grace”]123rf.com[/featured-image] We all need grace. I try to extend mine to everyone at all times. Here are some reasons why I need yours. I’m a flawed person. I am a flawed pastor, flawed teacher, flawed therapist, flawed husband and father. As charming and charismatic as I have learnedContinue reading “Why I Need Your Grace”
The Purpose of this Blog
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”purpose of this blog”]123rf.com[/featured-image] Years ago I made a decision about my purpose on earth, and that has become the purpose of this blog. It is to guide and inspire those who willingly come seeking guidance from me, based on my life, experiences, and best understanding of both God and myContinue reading “The Purpose of this Blog”
Evangelicals Support Torture — Isn’t That Weird?
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”supporting torture”]Dick Cheney, Torture Apologist in Chief[/featured-image] Isn’t it weird that evangelicals support torture? Apparently the majority of people in the U.S. are fine with it, including the majority of evangelical Christians. I wanted to put the word “Christians” in quotes, like I just did, but I know some of theseContinue reading “Evangelicals Support Torture — Isn’t That Weird?”
America’s Problem with Race
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Eric Garner – America’s problem with race”]Eric Garner being killed by police[/featured-image] Studies have shown for years that there is a gross disparity between how white people are treated by the police, vs black people. And yet, when black people complain there is a problem, white people automatically start insisting thatContinue reading “America’s Problem with Race”
Christian dildos?
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”christian dildos? attractive copule”]123rf.com[/featured-image] If the title wasn’t enough to tip you off, this post is rated PG-13 This post by a writer and thinker I respect really got me thinking today. This is one of those cases that shows the absurdity that lies at the heart of too much ofContinue reading “Christian dildos?”
Eight Things to Do to Work Through a Depressive Episode
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”]123rf.com[/featured-image] I am depressed. (Are you? Find out here.) I don’t just mean sad, down in the dumps, etc. I mean I am struggling, right now, with a major depressive episode. I take medication for it. It’s an ongoing reality in my life. Especially now. I’m sleeping 12-16 hours a night andContinue reading “Eight Things to Do to Work Through a Depressive Episode”
Your Gift of Darkness: What To Do With Your Suffering
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”] My post idea today comes from a reader, who emailed a heartbreaking note to me. She attached the quote at the top of this post, and wrote: I came across this quote not too long ago and it stopped me in my tracks. As a teenager I was sexually abused by [identity clipped] for [lengthContinue reading “Your Gift of Darkness: What To Do With Your Suffering”
Why Suicide is Not Selfish
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”]123rf.com[/featured-image] People say suicide is selfish because choice is involved, but where is choice, really? There are behaviors we do not have a choice in. If your favorite food is chocolate cake, and I lock you in a room with a fork and a chocolate cake, it’s not a matter of ifContinue reading “Why Suicide is Not Selfish”
How Your Brain Bends You Constantly Towards Evil (and How to Stop It)
[featured-image size=”featured” link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”evil — create an evil human being”]Credit: Lenore Edman. Flickr.com. Creative Commons.[/featured-image] There is a part of you that simply feels things, but has no capacity at all for language, or any other abstract ideas such as time, grace, love, truth, or justice. That part of you, the seat ofContinue reading “How Your Brain Bends You Constantly Towards Evil (and How to Stop It)”
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