The following is the first post in a series of four posts on how one can respond when experiencing the absence of God. “How long, O Lord, will you...
“What do you want out of life?” The trained interviewer appeared relaxed — even casual — as she asked me this question, but I could tell she was...
Four-Views books — or Three-Views or Five-Views — are now so popular that it difficult to remember a time when they didn’t exist. Dozens of such...
Read the first part of Eric's story in My COVID Lesson: Keeping Short Accounts – Part 1 published earlier this week. During this COVID season, God...
My wife is remarkably hospitable — far more than I. For ten straight years at her instigation, we invited all of my enrolled college students over...
The title of Esau McCaulley book may be off-putting for some. The concept of “Reading While Black” may seem like a reader-response approach to hermeneutics. It not.
In a well-known sermon from 1987, Dr. E. V. Hill preached his wife funeral. Interspersed with remembering Jane Edna life and grieving her loss, Dr. Hill intones Job 1:21, “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.”
A few years ago, a delightful young college student came up to me and asked, "Would you like to see my tattoo?" "Um…OK," I mumbled, somewhat unsure...
“Go clean up the toys in the yard,” Rob said to me through the slightly ajar door of his apartment. If my memory serves me well, Rob proceeded to...