I’m an editor, a preacher, a teacher, a speaker, and a writer. I make my living by crafting words. I am called by God to fashion words. So it is a rare moment that words fail me. But over the past week, words have undoubtedly failed me, because in this moment, they simply are not enough.
One week ago today my son was rushed by ambulance to the local ER where he was put on a breathing machine immediately. Read the rest of this entry
What does that say? It’s pronounced “di-shipe-uhl-shmip.” I REALLY wanted to make that the name of this entire blog site, but everyone I pitched it to shot me down. I need more humorous friends. They just don’t get it. (If you’re my friend and you’re reading this, I’m NOT talking about you, just everybody else. You have a great sense of humor. I like you. We hate them.)
I think we have a discipleship problem in America, so I’ve decided to dub what we do “dischpleshmip.” At some points we’re close to true discipleship, and at other points, we’re a million miles away.
I read an article today from christianpost.com that quoted a Fox reporter who was discussing the Connecticut shooting and the possible cultural influences at work:
Brit Hume, Fox News senior political analyst, also raised concerns about violence in games and movies. “We also need to try to find out, as best we can, what influences within the culture … may have helped to create this wave of violence,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Perhaps there has been a desensitization to violence.”
The word that jumped out at me was “perhaps.”
Perhaps there has been a desensitization to violence?
Perhaps???
PERHAPS????
PERHAPS?????? Read the rest of this entry
My post today is being shared at a great new site, getsaoked.org. Head there if you’re interested by clicking here!
Godspeed!
Darren
We all have beliefs, particularly about sin. But what happens when our beliefs about sin become beliefs about people, or worse–about friends? How do we share Truth without looking like cold, uncaring people? Dan Cathy recently befriended a strong gay advocate in Shane Windmeyer, who wrote about his experience with Mr. Cathy. Did Mr. Cathy do the right thing? Consider the following… Read the rest of this entry
