I was drawn in by Jesus—but at the same time, my sexuality was a big barrier. I knew that I wanted to marry a woman someday, and I knew that Christianity wasn’t OK with that... continue reading
I love the story of Peter in the Bible. That guy could really be an idiot. Maybe that’s why I identify with him so. I can be an idiot too. I’m thankful God loves idiots.... continue reading
School prepared me for adult life by teaching me how to find out the length of one side of a triangle. But there were no exams for dealing with this stuff…... continue reading
“I love arguments, especially theological arguments.” An applicant to the Cornhill Training Course said that to me some years ago, when I was Director. He did not get a place.... continue reading
My favorite memories as a child were mostly made on my grandparents’ farm. Out there, the stars shined brighter; the air smelled sweeter; time slowed to a gentle crawl. Life lessons abounded. Crops wilted in the summer heat, thirsting for rain promised but never fulfilled. Cows calved all on their own.... continue reading
You can tell you’re an un-apologetically-typed person if you think that apologetics is going around apologizing for the existence of Christianity—if it were thus, we Brits would have a distinct advantage.... continue reading
People who moan really annoy me.... continue reading
Find out if you're a fully functioning grown up or an adulting fail. ... continue reading
The quarter-life crisis—if you’ve not come across this increasingly popular phrase, it’s probably time that you did. It describes a phenomenon that can strike at pretty much any time in your 20s or early 30s.... continue reading
You know the moment. Every Christian does.
Someone asks you a question: Why do you go to church so much anyway? Do you believe in evolution? Can you really think hell is real? Why does God allow so much bad stuff to happen?... continue reading