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PICTURE GOD as he: sits on a cloud watches a shooter kill kindergarten children does nothing about it. Who wants to worship a god like that? Heck, who wants to give him a capital G? Anyone in heaven or on earth who has the power to stop the shooter …
IT WAS TOO MUCH FUN in an earlier blog tracking the quotes of TV’s Deputy Barney Fife with the Bible, looking for connections as well as push back. I thought I’d step it up a decade or two, looking for the same from Star Trek. Some interactions …
THERE ARE NOTHING BUT GUESSES about what exactly led the wise men to Bethlehem. Clues in the Bible: It pointed toward Israel. The star led them initially to the capital of the Jewish homeland, not to Bethlehem: “Some wise men from eastern lands …
WHY DO CHURCHES tend to have have a picture of European Jesus hanging on their walls? I got that question in an email yesterday. You know the picture. Reddish-brown hair. Stylish beard. White robe–with some copies showing him wearing a red …
I’M WRITING THIS on Saturday morning, for posting on Monday morning’s blog. At the moment, I’m strugging with prioritizing my to-do list. Vacuuming the house was the no-brainer for top of the list. That’s because my wife took …
HERE’S ONE OF THE REQUESTS I’ve gotten—over and over—from publishing colleagues: Write for Christian conservatives. They buy books. Throughout my writing career, spanning several decades, I’ve listened to that request phrased politely, …
I WAS SWEARING OFF the printed Bible. Going cold turkey as I headed to church to teach my Bible study class. It was an experiment this past Sunday. I had decided not to take my printed Bible or even my printed notes. I was going to teach a Bible …
I SPENT YESTERDAY IN HELL. That’s what I had to write about. It’s kinda like writing a travel piece about Bora-Bora, another place I’ve never been. At one point in the day I was absolutely surrounded by stacks of books. On my desk. …
I DON’T LIVE IN CALCUTTA. But there are helpless people within my reach. Some of them are kids. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream. When, in honor of Dr. King’s birthday, a Kansas City school asked its first-graders what their dream was, here …
A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT on Friday, I randomly selected names of 21 people who would win gifts. Top gift: Kindle Fire HD. Additional gifts: 20 free books. I chose the names from all four of my social media hangouts: Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and my …
I CAN’T SHAKE THIS THOUGHT: Most of what we Christians do to celebrate Christmas isn’t Christian at all. Not if we punch our work on a timecard. Or tally the cost on a spreadsheet. Most of the time and money we put into Christmas is secular. …
I’VE BEEN WONDERING LATELY if some Christian publishers are going to go the way of newspapers. By “the way” I mean “away.” Is it just me, or do most booklovers think publishers are a tad late to the digital wave? As in wave goodbye. I’m as slow …
