This is what a girl power movie should be. I went to see Whip It because it looked fun and was a totally Austin film (there’s something fun about sitting in the Alamo Drafthouse watching a movie where the characters go…
So I’ve been having a few interesting conversations about my book Everyday Justice recently. I was being interviewed for a very conservative Christian talk radio show, and when I mentioned that a simple way to define biblical justice was “the practical…
So I’m a fan of So You Think You Can Dance. I enjoy watching dance and I used to dance, so I like the show even though it is a mostly scripted reality TV program. At this point in the…
Over the past couple of months, I’ve followed the unfolding story of Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese woman who was arrested for wearing pants and who decided to not be quiet about her arrest. The facts of the story are that…
I spent some time this summer visiting my parents in Taos, NM, and while doing all the touristy things there, I couldn’t help but encounter stories of the history of the place that truly made me think. It is strange…
So a friend of mine, Shelton Green, has started an organization to help fight human trafficking — What’s Your Response. The purpose of the group is “Bringing the issues of human trafficking and modern-day slavery into the consciousness of our…
Recently, while traveling through Michigan, I attended Mars Hill for church one Sunday. Rob Bell was speaking on Genesis 2 — our call to be co-creators through stewarding creation and how sin disorders the way that was meant to happen.…
I, along with the rest of the nation, have watched in horror this past week as the details of the Jaycee Dugard captivity emerge. Very little angers me as much as hearing about the sexual assault of children. While I generally…
I’ve been following the news story of New Zealand Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell. If you haven’t heard, he’s the taekwondo athlete who said he was forced to open a brothel to cover his training expenses for the 2012 London Olympics. Prostitution…
I have been doing my best to keep up with the ongoing events in Iran. I don’t know enough to truly understand the nuances of the election or the political science behind it all, but like many others, I’ve been…
At a recent wedding I attended, one of the groomsmen toasted the bride saying that she was going to make the perfect wife because she had already demonstrated her ability to be her fiancé’s full-time maid and wait on him…
Mike recently brought to my attention a letter written by Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan written around 111 C.E. concerning persecution of Christians. I found it fascinating for the insight it gave into what Christian communities were like back in…
As I process the conversations I had recently at EVDC09 (a gathering of emerging church participants to discuss the future of Emergent Village), I realized that one of the topics that keeps surfacing in relation to Emergent Village is that…
Last month Afghanistan’s Parliament passed a new law that severely restricts the rights of women. Although the Afghan constitution calls for equal rights for men and women, this new law imposes standards that some say are worse than what the…
Last week Eugene Cho posted his thoughts on how it hurt him and his children when people, especially celebrities, do the slanty-eye thing mocking Asians. His post was simple — basically “hey people, that’s offensive, stop doing it.” One would kinda…
So there was a fascinating editorial in The Washington Post yesterday by that title. Robert McElvaine suggests that instead of being currently outraged at AIG and the like, we should be directing it at the Pope. He lists the Pope’s insults to…
Soil is precious to gardeners. As a gardener, I must tread lightly and not disturb the soil. Stepping on the soil compacts it, which reduces aeration and impacts root growth. So once the soil is ready for…
Shortly after I took a position as Children’s Ministry Director at a small Baptist church, I sat down with the kids under my care and asked them what questions they would like to ask God. One girl, one of the…
Each year on March 8 the world takes time to observe International Women’s Day. It is a day dedicated to the celebration of women’s social, economic, and political achievements worldwide. In the United States, this official day of observance is…
This is what a girl power movie should be. I went to see Whip It because it looked fun and was a totally Austin film (there’s something fun about sitting in the Alamo Drafthouse watching a movie where the characters go…
So I’m a fan of 
So a friend of mine, Shelton Green, has started an organization to help fight human trafficking — 
I’ve been following the 
“The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you are eating, because if you knew you might not want to eat it ” - Food, Inc. 
I have been doing my best to keep up with the ongoing events in Iran. I don’t know enough to truly understand the nuances of the election or the political science behind it all, but like many others, I’ve been…
