This is a different kind of post. It’s from an email written by a friend of mine in his eighties whose wife is dying. He shared this update with a lot of friends by email and so I don’t think he would mind me sharing it with you. I wanted to post this …
I love to travel. I love being immersed in a foreign place, experiencing the peculiar range of a society’s “cultural artifacts” — their food, their language, their architecture, their landscapes, their way of thinking, their parks and markets, …
The book I’m reading, King of the Jews by D. Thomas Lancaster, has a chapter devoted to the idea that, theologically speaking, Jesus was most likely a Pharisee. What?! As the book points out, we usually think of Pharisees as super bad dudes. The …
I recently read a fascinating article in Messiah Magazine. The article is called, “My Big Fat Greek Mindset,” and it talks about the huge differences between Western and Eastern thought. The reason this difference is important to us (Christian W …
When a guy and girl hit a point in their relationship where things just aren’t going to work, what’s the best way to end it? Does there need to be some kind of formal conversation stating that it’s not going to work along with a potential explanation i …
What do you do when you don’t like your friend’s spouse? The primary thing to consider when you dislike your friend’s chosen (or intended) is what action (if any) is God asking you to take? Must you love unconditionally? Forgive? Humble yourself? If yo …
In last week’s Boundless e-newsletter, I asked readers to give us their impressions of their singles groups. How are they doing a great job? How could they do better? Some 50 of you sent me your stories. Thank you! Some of you told me about the …
It’s a dilemma I’m not faced with much in suburban Colorado Springs. But there was a time when I had to deal with it daily during my six year tenure on Capitol Hill. Sometimes I gave a buck or two, sometimes I offered to buy food, but most of the time …
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