Offer It Up!
As I write this column, the rain has been pouring down for several hours, at times in torrents with strong winds. It’s enough to make a body want to go back to bed, pull the covers over one’s head and …
Month: April 2014
Cleansing, Pruning, and Renewal
In his book The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne offers these words: Everyone in our culture has been deeply polluted by the noise and garbage of this world, and we all need to be washed clean. We need minds that are …
Hate Crime
This is the list I’m reflecting on: A seminary friend posted on Facebook that his friend lost two family members – a cousin and grandson – in the Kansas City shootings. A text from our Hillel director came in that …
Shout Out to LC
Although a Christmas carol proclaims that “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” I have to disagree. At Lynchburg College I’m quite sure that April is the most wonderful time of the year, and to prove my point I’ve …
Prayer in a 21st Century Worldview
When some folks talk about religious vocation, they are speaking of going into church work as a pastor. In the Roman Catholic Church, the traditional understanding is that there are three “vocations”— marriage, single life (virginity) or consecration to a …