What Unites Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis in Greatness?
TIME magazine’s pronouncement of Pope Francis as “Person of the Year,” coming as it does after yesterday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela, has sparked some thoughts on the making

posted 6:42:14pm Dec. 11, 2013 | read full post »

Holy Space 10: Aseel Bannoura
If you're tuning in for the first time at this intersection between faith and God for anyone converted, unconverted or under conversion...we're in the middle of an Advent series exploring "

posted 3:05:09pm Dec. 10, 2013 | read full post »

Musical Mental Health Break: "Souls Like The Wheels"
The Avett Brothers' album Magpie and the Dandelion has been accompanying me throughout the week, and the song "Souls Like The Wheels" has stuck with me. Here is lead singer Seth Avett p

posted 5:40:02pm Dec. 07, 2013 | read full post »

Holy Space 9: The Peace of Jerusalem
I wish I'd had more experiences, well, any experiences, talking with Jewish Israelis about the occupation while visiting the Holy Land these two times.  My goal this recent visit was to learn mo

posted 10:12:26pm Dec. 05, 2013 | read full post »

Spongebob, God Pumping Iron and Thoughts on Growing Older
[Apologies for the delay in posts: technical difficulties on the heels of travel and Thanksgiving have kept me away. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Tomorrow, our series "Holy Space" recommences w

posted 6:27:02pm Dec. 04, 2013 | read full post »