Today, Elie Wiesel (pronounced Vee-zel or Wee-zel) returned to the place he lived for a time, the place his father died. This is the concentration camp that, at the time of its liberation by western military forces, contained infants living in modified horse stables. Walking down a beautiful stretch of scenery several decades later, Wiesel [...]

If you have not read this inspiring slant on vocation, check it out.
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Aside from reading books about parenting (Anne Lamott’s Operating Instructions being at the top of that list), I’ve been reading through Eugene Peterson’s Tell it Slant. Thinking I’d read Peterson to balance all the baby/parenting stories and wisdom of the last seven days, [...]

The relationship of God (and God’s subsequent activity) and evil is a subject that I cannot escape in my thought world. Evil, for me, is not merely a subject or intellectual problem.
Evil is evident in the young Jewish girl who’s just had both eyes ripped out by a young German solider in a Warsaw prison [...]

A few people emailed me today, suggesting this review of The Shack. I wrote one blog about this work. BTW–people whom I deeply respect (accomplished scholars and theologians included) disagree on the “quality” and “value” of The Shack. If you’ve read the book, you probably know why.
Here’s a piece of that review . . .
Yet [...]

In my Introduction to the Christian Faith class, we’ve been discussing (among other things), the biblical notion of lament. Bringing one’s doubts, frustrations, and anger to God is a sign of great faith, despite what some in American Christianity teach(because of her loyalty to “opitimism and denial”).
Lamenting before God is a sign of faith because:
…It [...]

This Sunday, Sara Barton and I will co-teach during our worship gatherings. We are in week three of a series entitled Urban Legends: Debunking Spiritual Myths. Here’s a summary Sara wrote.
One of my neighbors asked me what the sermon will be about at church today, and I said “Suffering. Want to come?” Now, that’s one [...]