Ah Barbie, every little girl’s favorite dress-up doll. Before there is ever political backbiting in a young girl’s life, all little darlings are bonded by one common thread: a love for the classic doll and all the accessories you could wish for. And I was no exception. In fact, I was downright obsessed with the 11.5-inch beauty. As a child…
The movie, Jesus Revolution, was released in theaters this week. From the first trailer, my interest was piqued, so I decided to go to an early showing. The movie itself was an intriguing look at the counter-culture movement that brought many people to Christ amidst the turmoil of the late 1960s. But more than anything it made me think of…
Where does darkness, the silent void that is filled with sticky black wickedness and pungent green evil, come from? Why do monsters lurk in the shadows? How did terror begin to own the night? And since it is October, the month of haunting, I think this is a perfect subject to explore. Pastoring a large church for over 30 years,…
Fairy tales do not tell children dragons exist. Children already know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed. —G.K. Chesterton. “So, What’s the Deal with the Anti-Christ?” That’s the question I was asked one night in Walters House, a boarding school dormitory in a respected private school where I was working as an assistant housemaster. It…
It was just a kiss. That is all it was, one simple kiss. Two people were in a full embrace, lips locked, arms entwined, but it went no further because at that exact moment the two lovers were being watched by the heartbroken husband of the lady. The Beloved Queen Guinevere was caught stealing a secret kiss with Lancelot of…
Did you ever get one of those notes in grade school that said, “Do you like me? Yes or No? Circle one.” No? Well, me either. For the sake of this article, let’s pretend both of us did. When you’re in grade school, love is a simple thing. You like me. I like you. There! We’re together. It’s not complicated.…
Oscar Wilde once wrote, "To be popular one must be a mediocrity." The first time I ever thought about this word "mediocrity" was in high school. My band teacher spoke of it often, or rather against it. He was a strict teacher who always demanded excellence from his students. He often said, "I am not here to teach band but…
“Christianity brings to fulfilment and completion imperfect and partial insights about reality, scattered abroad in human culture.” - Alister McGrath on C. S. Lewis For a very long period of time, I would read only nonfiction books. A good 20 years to be exact. I held tight to a secret conviction that fiction had little to offer the reader…
Sin sneaks. This means that sin’s greatest power is found in its inherent ability to get you to think that it has no power. The average person tends to view sin as nothing more than a minor temptation or a nagging itch, nothing really to concern yourself about because the warnings of its deadly effects are hollow, nothing to fear.…