A Controversial Conversation about Scout Finch, Gender Equity, and the Church

One of my favorite television shows, Friday Night Lights, has a great storyline this season about a young high school student who aspires to be a football coach. The problem is: she is a girl. This has made for some great moments of dialogue.After getting caught up on the latest episode this weekend, I was […]

Mockingbird Monday: Speaking for Harper Lee? What We Know About Mockingbird, Faith and Atticus’ Guiding Principles.

I wrote this article for the CNN faith blog about To Kill a Mockingbird and what it has to teach us about faith: http://bit.ly/hojmHy . The response was great, although much of the commentary was agitation that I would tie To Kill a Mockingbird and morality to Christianity (or any faith tradition, for that matter). […]

Mockingbird Monday: Dr. King, To Kill a Mockingbird, and A Radical Compassion.

Several years ago, I began to pick up books about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I had listened to his moving speeches, read of a few of his letters, and watched documentaries about this American hero. As I dug into his life, I was captured by his moving theology and passion to serve. As Dr. […]