The Journey

I know exactly when I took the red pill . I was in preaching class with one of my favorite professors and just chatting, he brought up the...

There is a saying about "It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." We nod sagely at that...

My Jewish friends taught me about Shabbat as being the holiday that comes once a week. Lately, I've been thinking about sleep as the sab...

I am passionate about the missional church movement and am often asked to explain exactly what "being missional" means. IT MEANS...

One of the advantages of my seminary is that it is interdenominational. My professor for Spirituality was an evangelical Friend, or Quaker. ...

Okay, so you know this song, but maybe not in this langugage and this version. The Bruce Cockburn Christmas album is just so, so, terrific...

Children sleeping, snow is softly falling Dreams are calling like bells in the distance We were dreamers not so long ago But one by one w...

Okay.  You totally know this song. In fact, you're probably sick of it, it's so overplayed on the radio. But overplayed doesn...

Today's is for A. L., S. B., and others who are hurting. Sometimes all you want for Christmas ... is for it to be over.  It magnifies ...

Most remakes of A Christmas Carol are pretty bad.  The latest, Christmas Cupid , completely stripped away any message of interdependence an...

I like the real. Even though my parents don't get drunk.  Well, Mama might get a wee bit tipsy with champagne, but only on Christmas E...

I believe in Santa Claus, I know he exists, and I absolutely love it when I get to be Santa Claus.  It is a big rite of passage when our chi...

Do you allow room for magic in your Christmas? I believe in Christmas magic and can't be talked out of it.  I've seen too much evi...

Baby, It's Cold Outside Ray Charles & Betty Carter Best Version Ever. Smooth.  Rich.  Sometimes being tempted to naughtiness is...

This was on one of those Very Special Christmas albums.  I remember people saying, "Why the heck is that song on a Christmas album?...

Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) The Ramones Hey, I gotta put some classics on here.  And I'm really, really hopin...

Driving Home for Christmas Chris Rea I don't drive home for Christmas anymore, and haven't for years. For one thing, my childhood...

The year is ... um, 1980-something.  My family has saved up their pennies all year so that we could take a trip together for Christmas.  No ...

I Pray on Christmas Harry Connick Jr and Kim Burrell

We interrupt your holiday music schedule to share this "Full Circle Moment" with you. I'll be doing my CPE -- Clinical Pasto...