Talk to me like I’m stupid: So recently some very ignorant people have made some very ignorant, small-minded, and unkind…
The Closing of the American Heart
Recently there has been a move in America for Christians to demand the right to avoid serving people with whom…
Review: The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates My rating: 5 of…
Review: The Control of Nature
The Control of Nature by John McPhee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very good, entertaining stories of three attempts…
Review: Zulu Heart
Zulu Heart by Steven Barnes My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is just a fine book. It is the…
Review: Between the Bridge and the River
Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson My rating: 1 of 5 stars This is a dreadful, unfunny,…
Review: Very Far Away from Anywhere Else
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin My rating: 5 of 5 stars My lord, this…
Review: Lion’s Blood
Lion’s Blood by Steven Barnes My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was not prepared to love this book as…
The Utter Normalcy of Human Beings in America
Recently someone posted on a website their observations about Black Americans, that they were curious and frustrated at how Black…
Review: The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States
The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States by Edwidge Danticat My rating: 5 of 5…
A Good Book on a Sad Time
The Nazi Seizure of Power. I generally don’t link to books, and I think predicting the future by using the…
If Your Hair’s Too Long–AUDIO
So I said I’d make this available. So here it is: “If Your Hair’s Too Long, There’s Sin in Your…
Review: Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction
Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction by Eric Foner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Foner writes well.…
The Difficulties of Christianity
“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton…
These Things I Believe
Every so often people question my Christian faith. Here’s what I believe: I believe in God, the Father almighty,creator of…
About Trayvon and George
To my friends and family on Facebook who keep posting stuff to me on how George Zimmerman was innocent, Trayvon…
Paula Deen and the Unfortunate Change in Acceptable Words
Yes, we swim in a sea of racism. Yes, we pick it up. Yes, we even continue it. But we…
Christians, Gays, and Jesus
I wrote this in response to a great essay by a pastor I respect. He went through a hard time…
At One Time
Today Monty talked about a difficult term, “Atonement,” and brought out several ideas about what this means. I think most…
The Key to Being a Productive Writer
There is one key thing to do when you want to be a productive writer. You simply write. And write…
Cookie Cutter
We step into a river, we believers, when we first decide to follow Jesus. The river is the great flow…
Arms and the Man
If a foreign nation invaded America and as a result, 20 people every day were killed, at random, and no…
Awash in a Sea of Tears
Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthian Believers, Chapter 10, lines 3-6 “For though we walk in the flesh, we are…
God and Newtown
To my fellow Christians who are posting that “Newtown is God’s judgment on America for taking prayer out of schools”—…
A Poem for Advent
America 2012 Twenty children were shot Charlotte Bacon, 6and six adults in one of Daniel Barden, 7the greatest tragedies Olivia…
Words and Actions
Indeed I tremble for my country when i reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep for ever
Sabbatical
If we want to have a time of rest, we have to be willing to have the wind stopped.