Cut Out the Lobotomy Choruses
As a lover of music and a worshipper in song, I see two trends in the world of praise music – one delightful, the other distressing. A growing number of new hymns engage our worship with both...
View ArticleResisting the Pendulum Temptation Regarding Ex-Gay Ministries
Alan Chambers has closed down Exodus. The gay community rejoices. The Christian community doesn’t quite know how to respond. Some have joined Alan in his apologies to gays who have been “harmed”...
View ArticleMany Motivations: One Ultimate Goal
A common theme in my blogs is “thoughtful faith.” This kind of faith allows for complexity where the Scriptures give complex insight about various aspects of life. While our flesh and our culture may...
View ArticleMusic is a great gift…but a lousy god.
Many books extol the wonders of music. Leonard Bernstein wrote The Joy of Music. Igor Stravinsky helped us see The Poetics of Music. Aaron Copeland instructed us on What to Listen for in Music. Aided...
View ArticleApplying the Gospel to Parenting
I’ve reached the age when discussions of family move quickly to updates about our grown, adult sons. People my age compare stories of “having survived” our children’s adolescences and we now look...
View ArticleThe Pleasures of Reading
For thoughtful Christians, reading comes close to breathing on the priority list. And reading about reading sounds like a double portion of dessert. Thus, I was delighted to pick up Alan Jacobs’ recent...
View ArticleMystical Prayer vs. Biblical Prayer
I recently read an interview of a Christian leader that included this interchange: Interviewer: “When you pray, what do you say to God?” Christian leader: “I don’t say anything. I listen.” Interviewer:...
View ArticleTalking to Yourself
Talking to yourself is not always crazy. In fact, quite often it is downright essential for mental health. Becoming fluent in positive, healthy, truthful, Scripture-saturated internal dialogue should...
View ArticleThe Problems (plural) of Pain
C.S. Lewis wrote The Problem of Pain, seeming to narrow his investigation to a single entity – “the” problem. It’s an excellent book that addresses the philosophical issue of suffering with a keen...
View ArticleFacebook and Loneliness
The Atlantic Monthly has run a provocative cover story entitled “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche, a novelist and columnist. Perhaps their success with a former article, “Is Google...
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