From my friend Adam Taylor, former Political Director at Sojourners, former White House Fellow, now Vice-President of Advocacy at World Vision: Social and political activism needs a better public relations manager. Activism is all too often associated with derelicts, rabble-rousers, radicals and extremists. This is in part because activists often defy authority, go agains the …
One of my favorite bands (Mumford & Sons) playing one of my favorite hymns (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing). Enjoy.
Happy birthday to my dad, my favorite septuagenarian New Testament scholar and corny-joke specialist in the whole world! Your commitment to the gospel and your calling; your love for Mom, us three boys and all your grandkids; your humility and graciousness to all around you; in all these things and more, you provide a great …
This afternoon, a friend from Fuller suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. I wasn’t super close with Praise, but we were friends, and we had a lot of mutual connections. She was always quick with a smile and a laugh. She was a beautiful soul. Her Facebook quote so appropriately captures who she was and what …
President Franklin D. Roosevelt: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Second Inaugural Address; January 20, 1937 President Dwight D. Eisenhower: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket …