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I heard of a man who went to a psychologist and said, “Yes, I’m depressed, but I don’t see that as a problem.” Climate change, politics, social media, murder, suicide, disease, child abuse. Depression was a normal response to the

Sunday’s sermon was easy. I had help from four experts (surgeon, software developer, baker, and chemist) who shared about what in their field fills them with a sense of wonder. Why wonder? Because before, at, and after the birth of

Last summer we met a couple that fell in love with their first foster child over 20 years ago. After four years, they were told that he was going back to his biological parents. Their hearts were so broken they

I have never studied for sermons the way I have had to study for my sermons on Revelation the past few months. The author John was obviously a master of the Hebrew Bible. He packed his communication to the church

Americans are passionate, especially about politics, especially right now. It’s in our gloating or combative social media posts, it’s in left-wing late night talk shows, it’s in right-wing talk radio, it’s in supposedly centrist news outlets, it’s on the streets

I have Republican friends who are now distancing themselves from the storming of the capitol, saying that small group of rioters does not represent the 75 million others who voted for him. That is a fair point. They don’t want

On top of the tumultuous Trump presidency, on top of the pandemic, protests raged across the United States through the summer of 2020. COVID was keeping its finger on the pause button of economic and social life, but protests and

I called a friend the other day, a pastor in California. He told me, “The church has been on Zoom since March 15. We took the view that the virus is real and we should take precautions.” He described churches