So last year I read a decent amount, just not what I planned to read necessarily. Here’s to sticking to the plan this year! January The Locust Effect: Why The End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence (Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros) Educating All God’s Children: What Christians Can – and Should – Do…
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I explained last year why I’m a bit averse to making traditional resolutions. But at the same time, there’s so much value in pausing to look at life, to reflect, analyze, evaluate, plan and project. It’s so easy to find yourself in a rut, slamming up against the same old walls, falling into the same…
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2013 started off with a “blahhh” as I battled through 10 days of the worst case of flu I’ve ever had in my life and somehow, miraculously, Ben and Cadence did not catch it. I caused a bit of a stir by questioning whether or not we really know what it means to be “pro-life.”…
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Not that I use or endorse Pantene Pro-V products, but this is incredible: [youtube=http://youtu.be/kOjNcZvwjxI] Work “Soon I will be 30, the age of accountability – though that age seems to age with me – and I’m supposed to have it together, in labeled bins, where it can be easily located. Actually, I do have it…
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on this night, exile is over. all those excluded shut out knocked down and stomped on too poor, too strung out hopeless rejected are welcomed in. and all those bound up in pretention perfection the knowledge and position privilege and stature they are welcome, too. because on this night the Word that started it all…
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I am so encouraged every year to hear about more and more people choosing to give to charities, rather than to line the base of their tree with gifts. This is a beautiful thing and one of the best ways we can truly commemorate what Christmas is all about. I want to wrap up the…
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Best reminder: Kid President’s 20 Things We Should Say More Often “I disagree with you, but I still like you as a person who is a human being and I will treat you like that because if I didn’t I would make everything bad. And that’s what lots of people do and it is lame.”…
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According to Business Insider, Christmas is the biggest commercial holiday celebrated in the U.S. In 2011, consumers spent just over $700 in gifts alone. $400 of that was spent on gifts for children. We spent another $2.6 billion in paper to wrap all that crap up. Paper that would be promptly torn, crumpled, shoved into…
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Introduction: Earlier this week I posted about why we need to re-think the way we – as followers of Christ – celebrate Christmas. If you haven’t read that post yet, do so now. That said, a few other nuts and bolts you should know about before diving in to the guide. Slavery exists. Yep. It…
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