Yesterday I considered writing on Christmas anxiety, but news from Aleppo plagued my thoughts as headlines declared “a complete meltdown of humanity” leaving at least 80 civilians dead. On an exploratory trip to migrant camps in Greece...
Read moreViolence, Silence and Advent
In my Bible college days, we used to act out important events highlighted in Scripture. It sounds hokey, but it worked wonders for memorization. We’d march through the Red Sea and count the Twelve Spies, separate Judah from Israel, and...
Read moreAll the Words
Remember a few weeks/months/years ago when I was all like, "Welp, God. My kids are all in school and life is this now, so what do I do with all this time and stuff?" And God sayeth, "ALL THE WORDS."
Read moreOn Patriotism From a Distance
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In a classroom of two dozen 9-year-olds, the one who doesn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance is bound to cause a fuss. Why did she sit? Why didn't she say a word? What kind crazy stuff were her parents filling her head with?
Read moreThe Pink House Dream
No one thinks to buy a pink house. It isn’t even all that pink. It’s just the shade of the brick-like sandstones sourced from the Kansas Flint Hills: a bumpy façade of taupe turning to mauve, burnt red fading into sand. No one brick is the same...
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