I no longer consider myself exclusively Christian. But I love Christmas. I didn’t always. For a big chunk of my life, it was always somebody else’s holiday: before I embraced Christianity, it was too much about Jesus, and after, it was too much about buying and consuming. There was always something to be mad about […]
If I Have Gay Children: Four Promises From A Christian Pastor/Parent | john pavlovitz. Here’s a courageous perspective on alternative sexuality from an unapologetic Christian and parent. If you’re too busy to click the link, or just prefer to TL;DR this sort of thing, I’ll sum it up for you: If it turns out any […]
I have to admit I had never heard of Vicky Beeching until yesterday. Then I saw a link to this article posted on Twitter, and I felt compelled to click through. And suddenly, all my problems seemed pretty small. Let’s try to put this in perspective. You are in your twenties, hugely famous among a […]
Most folks don’t normally think of the Pope as a hero. To Catholics, he’s a leader, spiritual guide, giver of laws. To non-Catholics, he’s a role model, maybe. In some unfortunate cases, he’s a misguided–or even malicious–purveyor of hatred and intolerance. To many, he’s irrelevant, just an old guy in a funny hat. But a […]
Pope Embraces Man with Rare Genetic Disease | Neurofibromatosis | LiveScience. Compassion requires courage, particularly at this level. The man the pope embraced and kissed on Wednesday suffers from Neurofibromatosis, a condition I’d never heard of before reading this article. In a word, he’s hideous, the sort of man most of us would be much […]