Everyday Should Be Valentine’s Day

Everyday Should Be Valentine’s Day Why Isn’t Every Day Valentine’s Day? A Pastoral Look at Love Beyond the Annual Sugar Rush Every February 14, America performs its annual ritual of romantic repentance....

Two Crowds One Nation

Two Crowds, One Nation: What January 6 and the Minneapolis ICE Protest Reveal About Our Moral Blind Spots America has always been a nation of crowds. We gather to worship, to celebrate, to mourn, to...

Good Very Good and Greatness: A Biblical Vocabulary

Good, Very Good, and “Great”: A Biblical Vocabulary Lesson for a Nation Obsessed With Greatness America loves the word great. It’s on hats, banners, yard signs, and bumper stickers. It’s a promise, a...

When Two Stories Carve One Grand Canyon:

When Two Stories Carve One Grand Canyon: How Powell, Darwin, the Big Bang, and a Century of Upheaval Offered a New Origin Story I just came back from a sightseeing visit at the Grand Canyon with my hiking...

Da Vine Intervention

Da Vine Intervention Chicago fans know the chant by heart: “Daaaa Bears!” It’s more than a slogan—it’s a cultural shorthand, a rallying cry, a way of saying, “These are our people.” But imagine a different...

Go and Make Disciples

“Go and Make Disciples”: How Every Christian Participates in the Great Commission—Near, Far, and Everywhere in Between When Jesus gave the Great Commission—“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”...

For they know not what they do

“For They Know Not What They Do”: A Call to Look Into Their Eyes When Jesus hung on the cross, surrounded by soldiers who mocked Him, pierced Him, and carried out the orders of the state, He spoke a...