Question: I’m a perfectionist. This causes problems with my wife and children who say I am “controlling.” As a Christian I want things to be better, but the harder I try, the worse things get. Answer: Here’s a cautionary tale by a recovering perfectionist. The pursuit of absolute perfection is a false noble cause. The […]
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I’m racist–but not like you think
Some of the earliest conversations I remember about the Civil Rights movement were happening above my head in my grandmother’s beauty shop. But while the shampoo-and-set ladies were still sputtering about the Freedom Riders, my first-grade class was being integrated. As I remember it, none of us six-year-olds had a problem with Beverly or Geneva […]
Let’s not get (too) political
People can be very passionate about their beliefs. Religion and politics are two of the areas where people can become the most passionate, sometimes too much so, resulting in terrible arguments and division. Most Christians are familiar with the oft quoted passage from Matthew 22:20-22, when the Pharisees tried to trip Jesus up by engaging […]
The next generation
What a spring we have had, and what a summer we are having. What many once thought of as the “vision” year of 2020 is being eclipsed by a pandemic like the world rarely sees. Beyond its obvious threats to health and life, the Coronavirus has also invaded our daily conversations, our behaviors and lifestyles, […]
Discipleship for our new normal
My recent conversation with a student minister reminded me of a unique challenge brought on by all the virtual gatherings we’ve having during the Coronavirus pandemic. He had become aware of the need to plan guys-only and girls-only online meetings, so that leaders could ask students difficult account-ability questions about their screen time. In other […]
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