Category Archives: Theology
Why Telling Our Stories Matters | Leaving Egypt Bonus Track
October 3, 2012
“What we hunger for perhaps more than anything else is to be known in our full humanness, and yet that is often just what we also fear more than anything else. It is important to tell at least from time … Continue reading
no kingdom without a cross
July 2, 2012
There is no rescue without suffering, no transformation without a wilderness, no kingdom without a cross. This difficult message, more often than not, is rejected by Christians, not by skeptics. Skeptics, in fact, are strangely attracted to the Jesus of … Continue reading
Men, Women, and the Way of the Cross
May 10, 2012
Some pastors have been asking me to blog a bit on my thoughts re: complementarianism, egalitarianism, male/female roles, why it’s become such a polarizing topic, and perhaps even why it’s become a new litmus test of fidelity to the Gospel. … Continue reading
Where are you?
February 6, 2012
In that great original story of Genesis, God makes an extraordinary world, places extraordinary creatures in it, and crowns it with his greatest creation of all – human beings – calling them “very good.” He tells us who we are … Continue reading
(Christian) Family Dynamics
January 6, 2012
We all know Newton’s third law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Or, at the least, we know it in our relationships. Family Systems theorists have argued for decades that a principle of polarization exists in … Continue reading
The God who looks you in the eye
December 20, 2011
I can’t look you in the eyes. My client said it to me. I could hear him crying, but he buried his face in his hands. He was drowning in shame from acting out, yet again. I’m repulsive. And then … Continue reading
The Four Security Strategies of Contemporary Evangelicalism
December 1, 2011
I’m thinking out loud right now about the kinds of security strategies we employ which actually represent ‘twisted’ ways of participating in the life of Christ in our world today. I’ve taught about this a bit in my Psychology in … Continue reading