Do Good or Bad – The Enemy Doesn’t Care

"I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:3 In Genesis, what did the enemy deceive Eve to do? He convinced here to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. So much teaching …

So This is How Rejection Feels

I had a big argument with someone very close to me today, a mentor. Someone I love very much. She was angry at me for my blog, saying I am being unfair to Christians who are kind and loving, that it goes both ways, that we hear only stories of Christians' anger toward LGBTQ instead …

A Tale of Two Trees: Why We Are All Asking the Wrong Question

The Gay Christian debate rages on, with what seems like more interpersonal casualties every day. How in the world can we find common ground in such a deeply personal and sharply divisive issue? I think we've been asking the wrong question. We've been focused on the rightness or wrongness of being gay, instead of: whose …

Life Beyond the List

How are you doing with that to-do list? That infernal list we all have that hangs over our head. The one that tells us we haven't quite yet measured up. That no matter what you do you fall short. That list of what's acceptable and what's not -- or how we're falling short as Christians …