N.T. Wright, Simply Jesus, 122-123: Without the perspective that sees evil as a dark force that stands behind human reality, the issue of “good” and “bad” in our world is easy to decipher. It is fatally easy, and I mean fatally easy, to typecast “people like us” as basically good and “people like them” as …
A few weeks ago, my friend Jen asked me, “Does the name ‘Don Siegelman’ mean anything to you?” “Nope,” was my reply. I can’t say the same now.* Don Siegelman was the 51st governor of Alabama, in office from 1999-2003. And he’s currently in prison after being convicted on several charges of corruption while he …
As I read, tears came to my eyes, my heart broke a little, and a sense of (what I pray was) righteous anger began to rise. I was reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ latest piece in The Atlantic magazine, entitled “Fear of a Black President,” which looked at race, racism, and how both had thus far impacted Barack …
Got to talk to my boys tonight for the first time in a while. Good times.
A prayer to start your work week, from Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening (Evening, August 19): Lord, evermore thy face we seek: tempted we are, and poor, and weak; keep us with lowly hearts, and meek. Let us not fall. Let us not fall.