This week I taught this lesson on Mark 8:27-38. I’d love to hear comments! Read more

Want a Free Bible? The Amazon Kindle has you covered If you want to read the Bible and have a kindle it’s really easy. There are quite a few editions of the Bible that are made available (as of this writing) for free online. Click the image of the one you want below and start reading! Enjoy! Read more

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The interview below was conducted as part of a broader project to end racism and racial injustice called “Giving Up Racism” Matt is a staff member of the christian para-church college outreach “Intervarsity” as the communications coordinator with InterVarsity’s Multiethnic Ministries department. He’s on a mission to find new ways to bring the healing power of the Gospel into the broken relationships that exists between races. If you are interest in supporting his ministry check out the link below: Support... Read more

This week a few friends and I looked through Jeremiah 7:1-15. It’s a text that doesn’t get looked at a whole lot. Most Sunday lectionaries don’t included it (I believe the Anglicans are the only ones), and few people spend a lot of time reflecting on the beauty and power of the Prophets in their personal study. I think one of the reasons for this is that people often think that prophets are too difficult to understand. This is a... Read more

I remember when I was in middle school I had a teacher who began class by teaching me of a strange tribe of people that was just discovered called the Nacirema. He described all sorts of odd behaviors that they were discovered to be doing. He told me that the tribe believed that the human body was ugly and that naturally diseased. They fear their bodies becoming more ugly so man’s only hope is to avert these characteristics through the... Read more

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Giving Up Racism: My Project Today marks the beginning of Lent, Ash Wednesday. Every year millions of Christians give up certain foods and activities for the 40 days (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter.This year, in addition to my regular dietary restrictions, in honor of Black History Month, which we are in the midst of and in the spirit of corporal works of mercy for Lent, I have decided to give up racism for Lent. Although I generally don’t... Read more

This Wednesday millions of Christians will gather in churches and receive a cross on their foreheads. In doing this they will be marked with the same sign, in the same spot as millions of Christians have done before for nearly 2000 years. Where did this sign come from? Why is it used? and what did it mean to the earliest Christians? As Lent approaches I invite you to explore the cross with me! Much of the reason that the cross... Read more

There has recently been a good deal of Religion bashing. Slogans like “religion kills” and “it’s not a religion, it’s a relationship” are common in the evangelical world. There was recently a viral video that has revived more then 19 Million views entitled “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” Hating religion is very popular. Because of this it’s easy to import the anti-religion bias into scripture. This seems to happen a lot when people read the writings of the... Read more