I would probably start with a story. Because Jesus told stories. He didn’t tell nice stories, not really. We think they were nice because we’ve made them nice. But he took dynamite for the status quo and wrapped it in narrative instead of rules. And then attached a slow-burning fuse so that by the time […]

We’re taking Hope back to college tomorrow. She’s starting her senior year. Here’s some advice I gave her last year. (It’s worth a repost. She did these things.) 1. Create some space for listening.  We need to be intentional about shutting up. We need to be intentional about being quiet. We need to be intentional […]

James starts his short letter with an odd statement: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. That sentence has been part of many difficult conversations for me as people have asked, “How can suffering be joy?” And I think that […]

A.J and Melissa are traveling around the world. During the next couple days, they are offering one free round-trip economy class ticket to anywhere in the world, to be used before the end of 2012. To enter, you have to answer two questions. : #1 If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? #2 Why? It […]