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Report: I had the privilege of preaching and teaching at Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati this last weekend. You can find my message on the Kingdom at http://www.crossroads.net/my/media/playVideo.php?idMedia=1142. (Sorry, but Terri Churchill usually edits my…

We all know that President Jefferson doubled the size of the United States by buying Louisiana from France in 1803, right? It never occurred to me, until this morning, to wonder how France got the…

For those who may be interested, Relevant Magazine published an essay I wrote entitled “For (Too Much) Love of Country.”  You can read it here. And thanks for all the affirming tweets you’ve been sending…

Hello blogging buds, I hope you’re all enjoying your summer. For those who may be interested, I wrote a very patriotic essay on venerating the fourth of July for the on-line magazine Q. You can…

Hope you’re all enjoying a great summer! Well, every couple of months I share with folks what I’ve been reading (because I get asked a lot). So, for what its worth, here’s my annotated book…

Want to know how to raise money to help a lot of kids in Haiti? Here’s how. It’s true Bono never showed up (given his back problems, we shall not judge him). But the good…

About four years ago I and the other three guys in my small group decided to dust off our old and rarely used instruments and have a little jam session in my basement. We had…

About two months ago I intended to tell you about a newly released book that I had the privilege of writing the forward to. For reasons I don’t recall, I forgot to do this. (You’re…

Heh folks, If you know anything at all about my theology, you know that I’m deeply committed to remaining centered on Christ. My conviction is that everything – and I mean everything — we think…

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched the finale of the television series “Lost” but plan to, stop reading this blog NOW! Also, if you haven’t followed this show and don’t plan to, you may as…

For all who may be  interested, here are some blogs that discuss Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now. Feel free to post comments on blogs that allow for it or (better yet) if you…

Hi folks, Just got back from an incredible weekend up in Toronto at The Meeting House where I was asked to deliver a message on how to reconcile the warrior portrait of God in the…

I’ve been in a pretty intense manic-obsessive state the last few weeks, which is why I haven’t been blogging much. Mostly I’m obsessed with reading and writing for my book on Old Testament violence. I…

FYI, my most recent book Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now, has hit the bookstores. Present Perfect integrates insights from Brother Lawrence, Frank Laubach and Jean P. De Caussade into essays that attempt to…

As many of you know, last week I had the honor of giving a speech for the inauguration of David Dooley as the President of the University of Rhode Island. There was a good bit…

Heh folks, As I mentioned in my previous blog, I have the high honor of speaking at the inauguration of David Dooley at the University of Rhode Island this Thursday. Well, I’ve been informed that…

I am honored to have been asked by David Dooley to speak next week at his inauguration as President of the University of Rhode Island. President Dooley is familiar with some of my works and…

Ezekiel 20:25-26 is a rather puzzling verse. Because Israel would not obey the Lord, he says…. “I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live; I defiled…

Every once in a while people ask me what I’ve been reading lately. Well, the last six months I’ve actually been doing a lot of writing rather than reading. I have been working feverishly on…