Pit Stops on the Road of Life
On our summer road trip, we naturally made quite a few pit stops. The origin of that term has to do with the center pit around a race track, where cars would periodically leave the race to refuel and otherwise be serviced. Most of our pit stops were similar. We needed...
Overturning Conventional Wisdom
There are so many teachings of Jesus that turned the conventional wisdom of his religious tradition—and sometimes his culture—upside down. It’s sometimes hard for us to understand just how revolutionary his pronouncements were, because they have been transformed from...
Don’t Look Back
I discovered Christian rock during my first year of college. It was a transformative time for me in a lot of ways and those songs still bring back memories. There was something magical for me about that season of my life—and about the black-and-white perspective on...Whose Voice Would You Like to Hear?
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’m beginning to give thought to the next in my series of online retreats. After focusing—literally for years—on the voice and experience of the various people surrounding Jesus’ incarnation (Mary, Joseph, shepherds, Anna, Simeon,...
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