I love Christmastime. When I was young, I couldn’t wait for Christmas Day. I looked longingly at the wrapped boxes I hoped were the Evel Knievel chopper and scramble van (or, in my sister’s case, the …
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A Heart of Thanksgiving
I was recently asked an insightful question. A friend asked me, when I’m in the stadium on a Friday night, and I see my girls cheer, or I see the football guys or the drumline kids perform, what do I …
Power Politics
In the last century, Lord Acton famously said, “Power corrupts, while absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Is he right? Does absolute power always corrupt? As …
The Day After
Even if “your” candidate won the election, you’re probably wondering what just happened, maybe even feeling only slightly less apprehensive than before. This election was extraordinary. All elections …
Come and Die
I was troubled this week to see a popular evangelical writer and her pastor husband, who have, to my knowledge, been doctrinally solid on a number of issues, speak out in favor of same-sex marriage. …
Casting Out Fear
The Denison Forum reported this week a survey of young voters, in which one in four reported they would prefer having a giant meteor strike the earth than see either major candidate for president be …
Back to Sex Ed- Part II
As an American, you are a Westerner. So much of how you think comes from the Greeks, even though you may not be aware of it. Most of our default ways of thinking aren’t scriptural or biblical; …
Bursting “the Bubble”
One of the criticisms I hear most often lodged at Christian schools in general, and ours in particular, is that it’s “a bubble:” a safe, sterile environment, shielded from the harsh reality of sin and …
Back to Sex Ed
Several times in this blog I’ve addressed the difficulties of raising distinctively-Christian kids in a post-Christian culture, or, using a shorthand term (to the biblically literate) “raising Daniels …
A Call to Unity
If you’re like me, one of the things that create turmoil in your heart is the tumult that exists in this fallen world in which we live. Division over race, over politics, over religion, over …
Servant of the Lord
Our society spends millions of dollars every year on leadership. Leadership books, leadership seminars, leadership courses in colleges and universities. Leadership gurus make millions every year …
Digital Dilemmas
One of the most common questions I get from parents is “when is my kid old enough to have a cellphone?” or some other digital device. Closely associated with it is, “when is he or she old enough to …