How to Make the World A Better Place

I will be content to die if I know I have sung my whole song.

Our songs are the lives we are …

Reasons For Leaving!

(I wrote this in response to recent blogs written by Thom Schultz about why people are leaving the …

It’s Too Bad Paul Didn’t Have Facebook

Frustration brings out the vocalist in us. A few of you quiet type B’s may not understand this, but …

"Potential Reached" Must Replace "Perfection" in The Vocabularies of Our Minds

The problem with perfection is that we never reach it. That’s universally accepted, and even the …

Longings

Do you ever long for something? To be noticed? To be loved? To be well? To be rich? To be wise? For …

Listen To The Grace Writers!

Hey-a question for you: Do you need saving? No…I don’t mean something like…”did you give your life …

The Bondage of Being Right

Many years ago my mother-in-law and I were having a conversation that has impacted me to this day. I …

Living Well in the Gray

Life is complex and overwhelms us. Answers for living are rarely simple. Black, white, good, bad, …

Freeing Jesus From Christianity

He needed freeing once before…

From another religion…

It changed the world.

I hope we can help him …

We Must Act Now Part 4: Heaven And Hell And Right Now

There’s a great old allegory that crosses the religious and cultural boundaries of the East and …

We Must Act Now Part 3: When Demonizing Marks Dialogue

!(images/demonizing-marks-dialogue.jpg)When demonizing marks dialogue, you can know that change is …

We Must Act Now, Part 2: It’s Time For Substantive Dialogue!

If we want a world for our kids to enjoy, we must act now!

The velocity of the freight train we are …

We Went Church Shopping Yesterday

Family was here. They like to attend church. So we went online to shop for a church. Just a one-day …

Still Burning!

I wrote the following four years ago while still pastoring. I was still a year away from hearing …