How do we respond to the senseless mass murder of 20 innocent children in Newtown, Connecticut? Or the victims in Aurora, Colorado? Or in Portland, Oregon? Please know your grief is remembered here, too. How do we minister to those who grieve—whether those family members who must pass through the dark valley of personal grief or […]
One of the saddest statements in the Bible is found in John 19:15– “But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. We have no king but Caesar.” It’s the grim echo of 1 Samuel […]
I find it instructive and quite horrific that a handful of Muslim extremists around the world are zealously protesting (not with mere placards and raised voices, but with flag burning, violence, and killing) their prophet Mohammad being portrayed in a way they alone consider blasphemous. All this they justify by some obscure video that would not […]
Whatever happened to shame? I was listening to oldies radio the other day and Love Child by Diana Ross and the Supremes was playing. As I reflected again on the lyrics, I became aware that it was written in a different age: Don’t think that I don’t need you Don’t think I don’t wanna please […]
I’m coming off a long stretch of women confessing abortions to me. They are confessing because they are scared…and looking for hope. I know some of you may be thinking that I’m hitting on a bunch of political topics these days. Yes, I am. But in this article you will not find photos of unborn children […]
I can’t tell: am I angry or grieved? Maybe both. Both, I suppose, are suitable responses to Discrimination. In my recent series of Asking All the Wrong Questions, I’ve stated that Good Theology Must Answer Hard Issues…and it does so with the redemption of the Gospel. It does so with Truth and Love. In the […]
When my daughter was stillborn in 1998, I learned something: Good Theology Must Answer Hard Issues. No glib word, Christian cliché, or reassuring pat on the back can ever put a new frame around what is bad and make it good, make the hard easy, or turn any wrong into a right. Good theology meets us in the […]
Asking the wrong question “Who can be legally married?” leads us to wrong answers. Instead, we need to remember the original purpose and definition of marriage being one man and one woman becoming “one flesh” to the glory of God. God both established and defined marriage. Society now circumscribes–through a series of written laws–something like marriage, just without God. […]
A recent Wall Street Journal article entitled “The Divorcé’s Guide to Marriage” opened with, “Want great marriage advice? Ask a divorced person.” I’d say “Ask History.” After 30 years of marriage to my husband, I’m convinced it has much more to do with understanding what marriage is all about. These days, the topic of marriage is getting confusing. In […]
