Exceptionalism

June 30, 2014 If you define life based on your Christian faith, your calendar declares a major time-out when Christmas and Easter come ‘round. If your life is more defined by national boundaries – and, if you’re an American – this is your week: come Friday, we’ll celebrate Independence Day, on the 4th of July… …

Embrace Disruption

June 23, 2014 “Is it a significant birthday?” The question was asked by a younger-than-us – well-intended, but nearly clueless – restaurant hostess regarding a peer’s upcoming surprise party. I thought to myself, “young lady: at this point in life, they’re all significant!” Every age offers its own potential for advantage. I was thinking about …

Build with care

June 9, 2014 A question, for graduates: “What’s your goal in life?” Ask that question 10 times, and you’ll get a few serious answers, and numerous frivolous responses. Wait about a decade, and the intensity might rise. The longer one lives, the more you feel the weight of the significant. What’s your goal? Paul’s reply: …

Graduation Day

June 2, 2014 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Matthew 20:16) If you’re not comfortable with paradox (“a self-contradictory statement”), you’ll have a hard time with the Bible. So much of what God has to say runs in head-on conflict with what we have spent a lifetime confirming. It’s …