Did a little digging and came across this article, originally published on youthministry.com by Rick Lawrence. I get to do a lot of interviews in my work, but this one stuck out to me as particularly interesting. I hope you enjoy it as well. Rick Lawrence: I remember exactly where IRead More
How I Learned to Love the Questions
I have a friend who wrote an academic book on how to interpret Scripture. It was very good, and full of a lot of very smart, wonderful things about how different people interpret the Bible in different ways. He asked me to read it, which I was happy to do. He said,Read More
How to Make Joy Stay
A little more than two years ago, ‘Joy’ became my constant companion rather than an occasional acquaintance. This was totally unexpected and more than a little remarkable. Many times in my life I had experienced Joy dropping in, surprising me, and then leaving—sometimes within a couple days, but usually within hoursRead More
Love Is Unconditional. Relationships Aren’t.
Here’s an important part of the wonder of our humanity: Forced love is no love at all. Our Christian theology hasn’t always been great at recognizing this. In fact, it’s been a little detrimental to it. We have this idea of a God who forces us to love Him, orRead More