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Jesus Feminist 26 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm
I’m not a bitter and angry feminist. Oh, no. I’m a Jesus-following, joy-filled feminist, a Jesus-made-a-feminist-out-of-me feminist. I’m no man-hater: I’m surrounded by good men, brave men who celebr...
Confessions of a braggart 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Ok, I admit it: I brag. I am a brag artist. Name-dropper. One-upper. The male equivalent of Kristen Wiig’s Penelope SNL character – you know, the one that’s dated Tony the Tiger and has been to the m...
How do you love? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
If I asked you, “Who do you love?” I’m sure you could give me a list of the significant relationships in your life. Pondering these people probably brings up an assortment of feelings: gratitude, hila...
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide 19 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
Flickr photo (cc) UNAMID photo Thirty kilometers south of Kigali, where the towering hills of Rwanda’s capitol city give way to the softer hills of the countryside, sits the small town of Nyamata. Th...
Sexual competition in the church 15 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Courtesy of Max & Lauren Dubinsky Continuing the trend of comparing my field notes with those of others, I thought I’d get in touch with Max and Lauren Dubinsky. If you don’t know who they are, well,...
Failing in order to succeed 13 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
Flickr photo via Texas A&M AgriLife Success is one of the dirtiest temptations of the devil. — Madeleine L’Engle In his book “A Thousand Miles in a Hundred Years,” the venerable Donald Miller quotes...
Naked and Unashamed 12 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
Southern California is a land of temples. I reckon it’s the proximity to Hollywood that makes it better than most at constructing an environment that convinces people of certain truths. And the market...
Should females preach? 9 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
Flickr photo by potamos.photography “What do you do,” her voice strained, “when everything inside of you feels like you are supposed to do this thing, serve God in this particular way, and then someo...
Three reasons to wait for marriage 8 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
Flickr photo (cc) by Gerard Stolk (vers le 25e juillet) November 5, 2005 was one of the greatest days of my life. It was the beginning of a brand new, lifelong adventure filled with immense joy, incr...
5 Ways the Church Can Bring Cultural Transformation 7 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Flickr photo (cc) by orensbruli (Esteban Martinena) As a pastor in Hollywood, CA, I’m in a context that was post-Christian before it was cool. We make no assumption of church background, biblical fam...
