4 Things That Can Derail Missional Leaders

This post by Seth Richardson on the Missional Alliance web page caught my attention. It’s titled, “Addicted to Dysfunction: Healing from…

Page from the book of Numbers

The Blessing of Numbers

Don’t you feel bad for the book of Numbers? Seriously, the fourth book of the Bible gets no respect. I think the primary reason the book…

A Walk through African American History and Culture

Professor Todd Mangum and Dr. Larry Anderson Reflect on their walk through The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and…

Christmas For The Broken: A Devotional

Christmas songs are meant to be cheery and fun, and bearable for a short while. They are meant to bring about smiles, laughter, and to…

Eugene Peterson lectures at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle in May 2009. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Eugene Peterson: The Man Who Translated – and Lived – The Message

My wife called me Monday afternoon with the expected, but untimely news that my mentor and friend Eugene Peterson had passed away. “I’m…

Learning the How-To’s of Pastoral Ministry

Several years ago, when I graduated from Biblical Seminary, I was equipped with valuable theological, missiological and philosophical truth…

Remembering September 11, 2001

Today we remember the 9/11 tragedy of 17 years ago — the abrupt loss of life, the dazed faces of dust-covered women and men who made it out…

Can Christians Call God Allah?

Can Christians Call God Allah?

“[Christians and Muslims] worship the same God.” These words on a Facebook post by a Wheaton College professor, Larycia Hawkins, whose…

Confessing Sexual Sin: Psalm 51

“When a pastor commits a sexual sin does he need to confess it to the entire church?” This question was asked during my Psalms class last…

20 Questions That Shaped World Christian History

A man living on a small but significant stretch of land in the Middle East was walking with a ragtag group of fellow Jews in what is now…