Profile Me, Please! Why you should be glad to be labeled
Gone are the days when I lamented hyphenated first name intros like, “This is Sherry–the girl who’s still single. . . ,” or “Remember Sherry–that jungle missionary I told you about?”
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When You Don’t Get a Do-Over
Ever been afraid of telling it like it is? Afraid of telling the truth because the would-be recipient was older, more experienced, or somehow more important than you were? After…
A Call to Biblical Manhood: Whose job is it to keep his pants up?
SOMEONE, help me with this–please! Just how responsible are women for maintaining the sexual purity of men? If you’ve ever been part of an institution that requires its girls or women to present themselves as if they’ve shopped at the mercantile and spruced up at the apothecary, you know what I mean. (more…)
Relationships in The Wild: BUT-Kickers seminar, week 6
On Sunday we finished our BUT-Kickers seminar with one last look at “Relationships in the Wild.” And after six weeks of hanging out in the Book of Judges I was ashamed to admit I was still outraged over the heinous, unbridled acts of depravity found in its pages. (more…)
What You Should Know About The God of Resurrection
“Word!” “Testify!” “Amen and amen!” Shouts of praise ushered me back to my childhood roots as we joined hundreds of people in New York City yesterday and celebrated The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. (more…)
Relationships in The Wild: BUT-Kickers seminar, week 5
This week we discussed “Relationships in The Wild,” the only fitting name I could think of to describe the resolute craziness of events in Judges, chapter 19. (more…)
How to Make Sense of Your Hard Times or Your Difficult Past, BUT-Kickers seminar, week 4
Today we revisited the story of Samson’s wife from Judges 13-15. This time we compared our takeaways from last week with testimonials from our own lives, and talked about how we have seen God use heinous acts perpetrated against us, or our disappointments, or devastations to help someone else. (more…)
Jumping Off That High Horse: A necessary exercise for combating heart trouble
I had to blow the dust off my copy of Timothy Keller’s, The Prodigal God this week, because I realized the lessons I thought I learned from this revolutionary book were getting lost in my personal rage as I read through the Book of Judges. (more…)
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How to Make Sense Out of Your Hard Times or Your Difficult Past: But-Kickers seminar, week 3
Today we jumped into the story of Samson’s wife, another unnamed woman in the Book of Judges—a book overflowing with unusual, unthinkable stories about women. (more…)