Idolatry in evangelical America — I saw this image on one of my Christian friend’s feeds. Thankfully, she was criticizing it. I had to look twice; I couldn’t believe it. Not only is this a badly done derivative of another work, but it also depicts Trump as Jesus and Lady Liberty as the one sinking…

The church’s caricature of villain and victim I recently read an original parable on social media. It was quite simple, really. One character was a victim and one was a villain. The victim felt loss and had the empathy of God. The villain threw away their life as God said…

The woman I am — In 2022, at this stage in my life, and after all I have lived, I’m not the woman you call for the good girl. I’m not the one you call when the greatest grief is the angry thoughts she had at that rude driver, the Maroon 5 playlist on Spotify…

Dysfunction and bitterness as writing niches I just read a rambling tirade of supposition, pseudo-psychology, and hyperbole. Directed at me. And what was my crime? I dared believe that when parents and children are estranged…it might not always be the parents’ fault. I mean, how dare I? Of course, in…

It doesn’t mean what you think it means — For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. ~ Galatians 5:13, ESV Freedom is a popular topic these days — in the news, on social media, and even on Medium. I have read…

Letting The Word guide us in comfort and discomfort Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. ~ Deuteronomy 4:2 A plumb line is used…

Three women who encountered Jesus — Jesus changed the lives of so many He encountered while walking on earth. He healed, He fed, He even raised the dead. Right now I want to focus on three women Jesus changed forever — three women with whom I can identify. I’ll make this disclaimer: I’ll be personalizing a…

Is it inclusion if it only goes one way? All over the country, universities are seeking to make their campuses and courses more inclusive. I think, big picture, that this is a worthy and necessary effort. Whether some want to admit it or not, we do have a history of…

Weekly Devotional Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith…