On God's Love: Does it really "work" the way we think it does?
Wednesday's post sparked a couple of great questions from old friends about the nature of God's love, and what motivation we have for pursuing some kind of relationship with God absent the whole...
View ArticleOn Reaping My Rewards or "It's not ever about me."
[Linking up with Joy from Joy in This Journey for her #lifeunmasked series. If you haven't read her before, you should. Her post today about postmodernism is wonderful.] Sorry it's been so long...and...
View ArticleOn Love in Action or "Running the race...literally"
It's easy to get overwhelmed by the darkness we see all around us. It often even easier to get lulled into a trance by the mind-numbing monotony of life. But every once in a while, life presents us...
View ArticleOn Holy Rolling and Social Justice
First, an admin note. To all three of you (I'm assuming there are only three of you left at this point since I haven't written in three months), I'm sorry I've been gone for so long. In the last...
View ArticleOn Bike Riding, Bullies and Blowing it.
Nothing deep here really, just a fun story. I'm trying to lighten the mood around here a little...all part of my "easing" back into things. So I rode my bike to work this morning...yeah, the kind you...
View ArticleOn Finding Something to Hold On To and a Plea for a Ceasefire.
Fair warning: this is going to be a little rant-y. As the culture wars flare up once again (don't worry, this post has nothing to do with chicken sandwiches), I find myself forced to take stock of my...
View ArticleOn Love Versus the Law (Advisory: Some Chick-Fil-A content)
So, in the spirit of the last post, I purposefully waited a while to post anything about Chicken-Gate so I could have a clear head about what I wanted to say to all three of you. I'm still not totally...
View ArticleAn announcement and a link-up and a cross-post and...this post is a mess.
So, a couple of things: I'm super-excited to let you know that I'm going to be a regular contributor over at the Family channel of A Deeper Story. For anybody who's unfamiliar with the Deeper Story...
View ArticleOn Politics, Polemy and the Prophetic Imagination, or A Mea Culpa of Sorts.
My name is Luke, and I love to argue. What's more, I love to be right. It's really a problem. Nowhere is this problem more evident than in the quadrennial failure that is my attempt to not get sucked...
View ArticleOn Love, Forgiveness and Continuing to Give Up on "Being Right"
The whole notion that I wrote about last week of choosing to be loving over choosing to be right has, unfortunately (OK, it’s fortunate, but still terribly inconvenient) started to work its way into...
View ArticleFridays on Faith and Politics - An Introduction and a Question
So, as if there wasn't enough chatter around the interwebs about politics and religion (and, might I add, their in-many-cases-unholy alliance) I decided to do this little series on faith and politics...
View ArticleOn Pastor Appreciation Month (though probably an a-typical approach)
Just a short one today. I'm tired. Cut me some slack. So, lots of bloggers are doing the whole "31 days" thing, where they write about one topic every day for the 31 days of October. Well, kudos to...
View ArticleFridays on Faith and Politics - Trolley Car Politics
Photo Credit It’s time for another installment of Friday on Faith and Politics! I know, you’ve been waiting with baited breath, right? Right?? So let’s get right into it, shall we? (You can read...
View ArticleOn Faith, Fire, and the Kingdom of God
I'm honored to be guest-posting for my friend Brandon Andress over at Outside the Walls today. I'm talking through my own personal struggle with having the life that I lead line up with the words that...
View ArticleFridays on Faith and Politics - The Inner Dialogue of a Political Basket Case
This is the third installment in this series on faith and politics. You can read the other installments here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 and Part 5. So, the first couple of weeks were pretty general...
View ArticleOn Love and Legacies
I'm posting over at A Deeper Family today about how, even when our loved ones pass on, their legacies can live on for generations. It was cold. I remember that. I think unseasonably cold…or maybe it...
View ArticleFriday's on Faith and Politics: Lives Matter.
This is the fourth installment in this series on faith and politics. You can read the previous installments here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5 I realize that the title of this post might have...
View ArticleOn Peacemaking: Keeping the Darkness at Bay
I'm guest-posting over at The Smitten Word today. Folks, Suzannah Paul is one of the good ones, and one of my very favorite bloggers. I'm really honored to be a part of what she's doing this month as...
View ArticleFridays on Faith and Politics: What's the Point?
This is like, the 94th installment of this series on faith and politics. OK, it's actually only the fifth, but it feels like the 94th, so it's a short one. You can read the other installments here:...
View ArticleFridays on Faith and Politics: Your Kingdom Come.
Yes, I realize that it's not Friday, but it is the day before the election so let’s just say “Better late than never” and call it good. This is the 6th and final (oh thank sweet baby Jesus!)...
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