We're fresh off celebrating the resurrection of Jesus this past weekend. I shared a message on the question the angels ask at the tomb: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" (Luke 24:5). A lot of people are looking in the wrong places for God to move these days. As I reflect on the state ...

My friend Andrew DeCort recently wrote an article in which he used the phrase "the trauma of survival." He was writing about the attacks on Iran and our country's obsession with power over others through violence. Here was the sentence in which the phrase jumped out to me:

The dear people of Iran

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There's a significant difference between a cross on a shield, a cross hanging on the wall, and a real-life cross used for crucifixion. The first is an image to rally a fight, the second is an image to provide comfort, and the third is an instrument of suffering. And it turns out that the way we see ...

The name John Piper has, for years, been entwined with deeply conservative Christian theology and practice. He's an eighty-year-old Reformed Baptist theologian at the opposite end of the spectrum from me both theologically and in practice. I once quoted him in a positive way, and it literally snowed...

Is the Church more like a team, or a family?

If your church experiences have been similar to mine, you've likely heard far more talk of the church as a family. It implies something holistic, that we are together in a deeper sense. Especially when used in terms of salvation and inclusion, this image...

Adam Serwer recently coined the term neighborism to describe "a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from." It stems from the beautiful resistance we've seen in Minneapolis in response to the horrific othering of our government against vulnerable ...

Tony Campolo, the pastor and author famous for calling people to take Jesus' words seriously, once said this:

I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don’t give a

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I recently saw a video about how much sawdust you can put into a Rice Krispies treat before people notice. There's something hilarious about this entire premise, and I was hooked.

Here is what the experiment revealed about different concentrations: 

• 15% sawdust: At this level, an average perso...

If you're a Christian, you've likely been taught the value of things like submitting to authority, or turning the other cheek, or trusting that your reward is in Heaven. While those things can be part of a healthy life, they can also conveniently be used for harm.

I don't think we talk enough about...