Everyone 55 or older remembers it—remembers where they were when they heard that President Kennedy had been shot. That the threshold of recollection is so,

Mother I made it up from the bruise on the floor of this prison Mother I lost it, all of the fear of the Lord I

Over the past week, I finished reading a practical theological response to the prevalence of shame in late modern western culture. Shame: Theory, Therapy, Theology

I’m very much looking forward to Thanksgiving next week.  It’s definitely my favorite holiday, hands-down.  Of course, I love the food (and the break from

The Kingdom of God There is hardly a more powerful phrase or image in all of scripture. It stirs me, stretches my imagination, fills me

Somewhere around the turn of the century, Andrew Vander Wagon, who was never an officially licensed pastor but became one anyway, determined to build a