When the recession began in 2008 and huge, fabled institutions were shown to be less secure than most people had believed, the word “trust”…
Resources for Understanding Scripture
Christian discernment is not the process of applying minds and imaginations to issues of life and culture. It is, rather, applying minds and imaginations…
Working in Difficult Places
One of my Christian friends works for a large media corporation. His company produces various radio programs, magazines and television shows, generally of a…
A Wedding Homily
Faith / Family / Ordinary Life
These words were spoken at the marriage of Madison & Pamela on August 8, 2009 in Durham, NC. Earlier this week I was speaking…
What makes you afraid?
What do you fear? Hardly a week goes by without some report identifying some threat in the food supply. Experts say that terrorist sleeper…
What Do Students Need from Me?
What do my students need from me? Obviously, they need knowledge. If our civilization is to live, then each generation will need to know,…
Discipleship in a Secular Age: Engaging the Culture with Charles Taylor and James Smith
Charles Taylor’s award-winning work, A Secular Age, has caused ripples in the academic world with its bold analysis of western history and powerful arguments…
The Uncomfortable Path to Maturity
Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
Long before I heard the term, disequilibrium was a part of the process of growth in my life. It’s the term educational theorists use…
A Poetic Endnote on Sleep
I know that some people think me a little compulsive for always glancing through the endnotes of books by authors I respect. Endnotes aren’t…
The Gnostic Life
There are always people who talk a good deal about prayer, but don’t go near the creation theater. It is not that they don’t…