Category: Religion
The Muslim Brotherhood: Then, now and into the future
This is the second post in a four-post series called Egypt: The Brotherhood, the Christians and the Americans. The first post lays out the major groups in Egypt. The second post looks at what’s next for...
A prayer for Egypt
God, you are the great defender. We pray that your hand of protection would be over Egypt. Grant comfort, that compassion and mercy would overcome any peril. Grant peace, that wherever there is danger or...
Christian superstars, let’s not hurt the Church
There’s a guy at your church who is on the praise team, is an usher, teaches the Alpha course, volunteers in the kids’ Sunday school and hosts a Bible study at his house. There’s a...
“For I Know the Plans I Have for You…” Are We Misrepresenting Jeremiah 29:11?
Jeremiah 29:11 is recited all the time, and for good reason. ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give...
The day I saw real people
There are seven billion people on this planet. We see only the tiniest fraction of them from day to day, and interact with even fewer. That was the premise of a small observational study I...
Live a life of gratitude, but don’t forget about duty
My perception of the Christian community today is that we are largely imperative driven. We major on the ‘ought to’ and ‘how to’ with little regard for that which makes us ‘want to.’ But the...
Dancing lessons from Pope Francis
On Monday, on a flight from Rio de Janeiro back to Rome, Pope Francis talked with reporters for over an hour. At one point, he was asked about the “gay lobby” in the Vatican and...
The Bright Side of an Unchristian Nation
An unchristian nation I have never subscribed to the view that the United States is a Christian nation. It isn’t now, and I submit it never was. It’s true that many of the founders were...
A Public Faith
This morning, Park Community Church in Chicago held a public baptism of 103 of its members in the waters of Lake Michigan. The event drew perhaps 500 spectators, mostly church congregants, at 7:00 a.m. to...