Ministering to millennials
Born in the late 80’s, I came to youth ministry in the age of worship song hand motions and purity cards. The gay rights debate raged far and away from my Midwestern town of origin…or least severely under the …
Baptism and the self under siege
One of the most pressing issues we face today is a crisis of the self, which just happens to also be a crisis of being, time, faith, morality, family, society, culture, you name it––a crisis of everything, really. I …
Rules for the sake of Rules, or Law for the sake of Love?
“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a …
An identity made for love
“O Lord, who are You? O Lord, who am I?”
This simple, profound prayer seems tailor-made for young people at the beginning of the twenty-first century. We’re caught up like never before in a quest to define ourselves, to understand …
Original Personhood: Identity & Theology of the Body
This week I changed login information for one of my many online applications. In one section, I could select a new update.
Male. Female. I prefer not to say.
How do you identify? “Identity politics” has gotten a lot of play across the red-blue …
