Last year I wrote a piece called ‘My Grandma’s Hooker Shoes.’ This isn’t really a sequel, but it is not lost on me that inanimate objects...

I was yesterday years old when I learned that bitterness in the Bible does not mean harboring resentment. I've written on bitterness...

I want to start this piece by saying unequivocally that for the past 23 years in this community, I have worked with Christian men in...

Faith... it would be hard to imagine anything more foundational to any faith tradition than faith itself. But I honestly hadn't thought...

Do you know anyone born after 1995? I figured you did. This generation has several distinctions. They don't remember a time before...

When I see a Muslim, I can’t help but think of my friend Shabana. As I wandered around Costco yesterday, I found myself choking back...

Not long ago a pastor friend of mine introduced his first grandson to his congregation Lion King style - he literally held the baby up in...

These words of Jesus are repeated four times in the New Testament: “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united...

A I grew up in a Baptist church. I attended Christian (Baptist) schools from the 2 grade on. I graduated from a Christian college with a...

I’ve read their stories. I’ve told their stories. These five ladies have inspired millions. Some are well known and some are unknown. All...