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Peggy Noonan References the “Many” Family or, Words Matter: A Crossover Podcast with T4E

When we say we forgive, do we mean we are forgiving a person or forgiving something a person did? Jaques…

So You Support Education in Oklahoma? Time for @OKJusticeReform

The current budget crisis in Oklahoma calls for education. This is quite the irony since education funding saw its share…

The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation

"A cloistered journey impoverishes your own soul," asserts Philip Nation. Christian spiritual formation may best be practiced in community. (more…)

What Are You Going to Do About the Blacks? or, Could it Have Been Me?

Bruce McIver wrote, Stories I Couldn't Tell While I Was a Pastor. Humorous. True to life. Easily recognizable in the…

Toxic Christianity, Self-Consciousness and Messy Mercy : An Interview with Morgan Guyton

Summer cedar pollen may be toxic to your sinuses, at least here in Oklahoma. The condition is complicated by the…

My Post Is Up @powerintheblog: Facebook Not A Happy Medium After Recent Tragedies – 10 Tips For More Productive Conversations (Todd Littleton)

If the events of last week did not stir some emotion deep within you, then maybe you should Google #AltonSterling,…

How We Talk About Authority and Submission Matter #AltonSterling: An Interview with Geoff Holsclaw

What keeps you up at night? #AltonSterling's death kept Geoff Holsclaw up Tuesday night. It made him mad. I imagine…

Still Making Sense of Church: An Interview with Spencer Burke

There once were churches. Then Denominational Churches. Mainline Churches. Traditional Churches. Evangelical Churches. House Churches. After that Seeker-Sensitive Churches. Traditional…

Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III

Our current election cycle leaves me prepared to invoke Inigo Montoya. "Political. Pastor, you keep using that word. I don't…

Don’t Scratch the Devil: An Interview with Richard Beck

I am no Rachel Held Evans. My blog/website does not garner near her number of visits. There is no book…