Last week, I was reading a book and came across an appendix written by someone I know personally, a man named Jack Frederick. Jack served as an elder in my chur...
I am becoming more and more convinced that Christianity is a balancing act, that following Christ requires the grace of a dancer as well as the grace of God. ...
Continuing with the theme of things my high school friends have told me:
Another friend of mine once said to me, “You know, Joe, I’m not very religious.” I r...
Recently, I have been reflecting on the concept of magic - on the face of it, a profoundly un-Christian and un-philosophical subject, but one which I have fou...
I once heard a friend of mine claim that he believed in "individual Christianity." He was not talking to me, so I do not know if he offered any elaboration of...
I originally wasn't planning on writing multiple posts about infant baptism, but Richard Beck's kindly saying that he was eager to follow my thoughts on the m...
Given all the recent brouhaha about baptism on The Fish Tank (for which I am largely responsible), a friend of mine expressed her concern with the lack of bro...
Around this time in April, a little less than two thousand years ago, a man on a cross was crucified on a hill on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Why? (more...
We are all — every last one of us — obsessed with giving good impressions. We like to be thought of as smart, attractive, funny, virtuous, and strong; we want...
This is an idea for a brief sermon I hope to deliver to an actual audience someday - hopefully at Harvard.
Two years ago, most of our campus was swept aw...
