No time for fear.

These are the last lines of Escape, the first episode of season two of the television version of This American Life.

“I just recently became truly aware of how tenuous my life is.  So I really don’t have time to waste on fear.” – Michael Phillips

P.S. If you decide to watch, be forewarned that there [...]

A practical resource for Christians in a world full of porn

Porn Again Christian by Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, is a free online e-book that is not for the faint of heart. However, his straightforward and sometimes humorous way of addressing the practical issues that men and couples face in a world in which pornography has become ubiquitous may be quite [...]

An Introduction to Theodicy, or How can there be so much evil if God is so good?

I highly recommend Ric Machuga’s article in the March/April issue of Books & Culture. Machuga introduces the idea of theodicy in a brief article, summarizing historical and recent attempts to explain why, if God is so good, there is evil in the world. The article is clear, concise, and very helpful for a popular audience. [...]

Four Reviews at Barclay Press

I recently reviewed four books. The reviews were put up at the Barclay Press website here. The four books are Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps from a Better World by Mae Elise Cannon, Welcoming Justice: God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community by Charles Marsh & John Perkins, Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to [...]

What about those links?

Well, being a famous online shopper, people ask me where to get stuff. So here are a few links to online vendors that I use. I don’t use that many these days, having found that these vendors hit the low-price and reliability combination that I want. I sometimes shop elsewhere online, but the list of [...]

Interesting Reading List

Links to lots of interesting articles. [...]