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Genuinely acknowledging my hypocrisy isn’t such a bad thing.

Boundless is all about making intentions clear, defining the relationship, and so on. But despite the best of intentions, sometimes things can get out of hand. A young lady I know — OK, my daughter, Hannah — related a recent incident in which she found …

Just last week, I was sitting with the object of my affection. I silently reached across the table and took her hand. I looked into her eyes, and I somehow knew — I just knew — exactly what she was thinking. You see, earlier that day I boarded a plan …

Actually, my question is more specific than that — too specific to fit in a headline. But we’ll get to it in a moment. First, some context. As the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has moved toward endorsing pastors who practice homosexual …

Once there was a good Christian girl who dreamed of growing up, getting married, and having children. She read all the right books and did all the right things. She read about how she was a princess in God’s sight and how he wanted the very best for he …

Several months ago I had a falling out with a friend. I felt I was in the right, so did he. I was so set in the fact that I had been wronged that I didn’t initiate any contact, and we hadn’t talked much since then. But today I had a realization: I miss …

Recently, we received an e-mail from a young woman who has joined her first “post-college” church. The congregation runs about 100 people and this young woman, in addition to being a member, has been hired to do some general administrative work at the …

I’ve been traveling a lot over the past few months (hence not a lot of blogs from me), and I had two eye-opening encounters during that time, both coincidentally in Texas. The first was in early March when I and some colleagues, one of whom was African …