All Writings

When I was a new follower of Christ around age 17, an older Christian encouraged me to keep a prayer diary. He said I’d be amazed to see...

I was a dedicated Christian when I lost my faith in college. It was a huge blow to me. Far from liberating me to live however I wanted,...

There is an urban legend among many Christians that God doesn’t give us more than we can bear. The problem is Scripture never says that.

On October 2, 2006, a married father of three young children walked into an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, barricading...

Give someone a fish and they’ll eat for a day, but invest in a for-profit commercial fishery and their community could prosper and...

(Published in Building a Healthy Culture: Strategies for an American Renaissance, ed. Don Eberly; Eerdmans, 2001; pp. 75-100). Political...

On July 4, I was at a party, and I got into conversation with a woman I had just met. You know the rule about not talking about politics...

A work colleague of mine asked me about what it means to “die to yourself,” which I had written on a blogpost. It’s a good question. Even...

When I travel in developing countries, I’m always struck by the number of people – often men –not working during the day. Small groups of...

I think about my death every day. I’m not a morbid person, but thinking about my mortality helps me frame my life and live closer to the...

Dad left his body on December 16, 2020, after almost 89 full years of work, joys, pain, and many, many baseball games. I was holding his...

Although I have a deep faith in God that pervades my life, I recognize that I could be wrong. My faith resides alongside my doubts.