Introduction Meet Greg Pitchford and Luke Bobo. Luke is a 55 year-old African-American male and Greg is a 51 year-old White-American male. Luke lives…
Welcoming strangers
“Cain went away,” we are told in the opening pages of scripture, fracturing the human race into “us” and “strangers” (Genesis 4:16). The division…
Spring, please come
Community / Family / Ordinary Life
We live in a climate where the seasons are sharp. There is no mistaking them. Winter freezes everything including our senses; but they waken…
A Gentle Madness
Community / Family / Hospitality / Maturity and Flourishing / Ordinary Life / Work and Rest
“People have always collected things. Whether a vestige of our hunter-gatherer days, a need to forge order amid chaos, or a simple desire to…
The Sorrow and Hope of Homeschooling
Community / Family / Spirituality
I’ve been reading biographical sketches of Christian women who lived in the late Roman Empire. A theme the sketches have in common is rejection:…
Wooden Clocks and Tiny Silver Balls
Community / Family / Hospitality / Ordinary Life / Work and Rest
When I grew up and moved away I rarely saw them. But in December of every year I especially remember my grandparents. Each December…
Who Brings Home the Bacon?
Community / Faith / Family / Work and Rest
In the current tug-o-war about gender responsibilities in Christian marriages, many couples have the challenge of deciding who “brings home the bacon.” The tension…
With Godzilla in the City
Community / Faith / Ordinary Life / Spirituality
Driving through a section of Guatemala City for the five hundredth time, a strange tape played through my mind. Godzilla was trampling Tokyo, simultaneously…
Wings Not Walls
Bulwarks of safety Walls have been in the news. At various places along America’s southern border the U.S. government is erecting a border fence…
Media Bias and Nurturing Wisdom
Community / Discernment / Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
In his landmark film series, How Should We Then Live? Francis Schaeffer presented his audience with a frightening image of the manipulative power of…