The Great Escape: Train tickets to heaven, scary headlines, and taking the easy way out

Explosions in Tripoli, bombs in the West Bank, radiation spewing from Japanese nuclear reactors, pirates seize an oil tanker,forty-five dead in Iraq government hostage siege, housing prices near a double dip… and these are just a few of the news stories being reported today. Depressing, isn’t it? News like this poses some big questions for […]

Thoughts about Faith, Mourning & Loss: An excerpt from my next book.

I don’t think any of us can truly identify with the widespread heartbreak we are watching unfold across our television screens these days. I have been overwhelmed by the amount of tragedy on the news so far this year. I don’t know about you, but these events have made me contemplate times of mourning. As […]

Suburban Confessions of Unintentional Indifference (and Relevant’s Reject Apathy)

I’ve gone back to do final revisions on a chapter about justice in my new book this week. The chapter is called “Free Trade Coffee and Jesus Tattoos”. This new book has been a tough one to write at times. There is nothing like wrestling with Jesus’ mission statement to send you running to the […]