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May 2018

May 17, 2018
Awhile back, I participated in a challenge to go a day without complaining. It was...
May 15, 2018
Awhile back, when I was in my mid-twenties, I became so frustrated with single life...
May 12, 2018
About 10 years ago, when I was living back at my parents’ house for a...
May 11, 2018
Hey everyone! This week’s been a bit crazy, so there’s no Five for Friday this...
May 08, 2018
My grandmother passed away last week at the age of 85. She was one of...
May 04, 2018
Are you all up for a little bit more Amy Grant talk? Earlier this week,...
May 02, 2018
I don’t get starstruck easily. When I was a reporter, I had the opportunity to...

April 2018

April 30, 2018
Stop being political! That’s the comment I often see when someone posts their opinions about...
April 27, 2018
For many comic book geeks and movie fans, this weekend’s release of “Avengers: Infinity War”...
April 25, 2018
While I think encouragement is one of the greatest gifts you can give a person,...
April 23, 2018
It’s the mid-1990s. I’m in my high school journalism class, writing movie reviews because the...
April 20, 2018
Welcome to the nerdiest episode of CROSS.CULTURE.CRITIC. yet! A little peek behind the curtain: When...
April 18, 2018
Be yourself. That’s advice we give to everyone. Whether they’re trying to find a date,...
April 16, 2018
It’s mid-April in Michigan and yesterday I had to drive through an ice storm. This...
April 13, 2018
You almost didn’t get to hear this week’s episode. About halfway through recording, Joe had...
April 11, 2018
Come Sunday,” premiering April 13 on Netflix, does what I’ve long asked for in movies...
April 09, 2018
In September, my son started kindergarten. Every day, Mickey gets on a bus, which takes...
April 06, 2018
Spring Break found Joe traveling around Michigan and me taking care of kids and spending...
April 04, 2018
Possibly the most prominent figure of the 1960s Jesus Movement, Larry Norman single-handedly started the...

March 2018

March 30, 2018
There is nothing more terrifying than walking outside to find your car is gone, and...
March 30, 2018
As long as I’ve been part of the church (which is going on 40 years),...
March 28, 2018
This month, my son’s kindergarten class celebrated National Reading Month by inviting “mystery readers” to...
March 26, 2018
When I was young, my family used to take yearly trips to an amusement park...
March 23, 2018
“Flint Town,” an eight-part documentary series that recently debuted on Netflix, is a show that...
March 22, 2018
My spiritual life is often overly intellectual. I’m good with doctrines, creeds and theology, but...
March 21, 2018
Singing is synonymous with Sunday morning worship. No matter your denomination, the two constants you’ll...
March 20, 2018
In my recent Sacred Cows post on dc Talk, I mentioned the “Jesus Freak” single...
March 19, 2018
I recently lost five pounds. That shouldn’t be reason for too much celebration; there’s still...
March 16, 2018
The fun thing about doing the CROSS.CULTURE.CRITIC. podcast is that Joe and I are able...
March 15, 2018
Yesterday, students around the nation walked out of their classrooms at 10 a.m. to draw...
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