Living with a Lizard
This “lizard” is our brain’s least-evolved-dinosaur-part (the brain stem). Our Lizard controls our *FIGHT* or *FLIGHT* or *FREEZE* Survival-System (let’s use FFFSS for short) and can highjack all other systems toward this end. Our Lizard and our FFFSS are the featured guests for this post!
"Good People" - "Bad People" and careless Anti-Semitism.
"Good People" - "Bad People" and careless Anti-Semitism.
Organized Religion: Should I stay or should I go now?
Most hateful religious people are not *too* religious, they are *not religious enough*
The Things We See
Twenty years ago I picked a scrap of paper in a Starbucks parking lot… I haven’t been able to get it’s contents out of my head since
God Management LLC.
…when we try to lock God into a particular container, we end up in the God management business.
The Real Job of the Pastor
"The Real Job of the Pastor"
Bankruptcy vs Hypocrisy
Christianity is bankrupt when it has insufficiently developed the humanity of its congregations to be able to carry the moral and spiritual weight of its rhetoric and beliefs.
Photographer Confessions: Pretender Syndrome.
As I declared, “I am a photographer,” I felt a familiar pang of guilt + shame. What if I was merely pretending to be a photographer…
Breakups suck.
Breaking are the worst: Triangles, Grounding, and Uninviting.
Jesus was a child refugee
Jesus was a child refugee. Thankfully he was not taken from Mary + Joseph by the Egyptians. (Matthew 2:13)
Dorothy Torok (1915 - 2018)
Grandma Torok had a way of being fully present and making you feel like you were the center of her world.
No. More. Of. This. (2018)
When Jesus disarmed Peter, he disarmed us all. Violence is the problem, not the solution.
I believe you.
the men intended this as a compliment, but it looked like harassment to me.
An important distinction between *rights* and *power*
An important distinction between *rights* and *power*
Standing up to Empires.
Christians come from a tradition of heroes who stood up to Empires and Kings…
What I believe about humans:
What I believe about humans:
A lament:
A lament:
Splitting:
We tend to split off into a “pure” groups that agree with our way of seeing life.
Should Christians serve Sinners?
A common question I get asked is whether a Christian should serve people whom they believe are living a "sinful lifestyle."
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"YOU SHALL LOVE THE [FOREIGNER] AS YOURSELF"
What if my family were the refugees?