The Moral Universe

A couple embrace and sway to the music at a Coldplay concert until the “kiss cam” invades their privacy. Shocked, they move to obscure their faces. They weren’t just being shy. They were trying to hide something, to no avail. The fallout was painful according to media...

The Competent Christian

Fraud! That is what leaped from the computer screen to my mind when I logged into my account. Over the previous few days, someone had made multiple large withdrawals, draining my funds. It wasn’t me. I called my financial institution. The message I received was, “We...

A Nice Life

As a friend, I would like you to have a nice life. That’s why I invite you to invest a few minutes here. I have two suggestions, which come from personal experience. First, a story. The religious leaders were quite powerful in Jesus’ day. He knew that, yet He didn’t...

Which Way?

It was decades ago but I remember it well. My family and I lived in Haiti long before violent gangs gridlocked the impoverished country. Out on the main roads, sweating pedestrians, smoke-belching trucks, and colorful tap taps compete for space. It is noisy, smelly,...

Telling Your Story

You have a pain story. Everyone does. It’s quite telling how you narrate your story. The good news is that pain is not the whole story nor are you alone in your pain. The fallen world we live in offers plenty of pain. We grieve over health, relationships, and death....