Life
Listen. Period.
| October 8, 2018
The beauty of having a dad who grew up on the coast is that every summer, for most of the summers in our childhood, we
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Category: Spirituality
Spirituality
We Don’t Have All the Answers, and That’s OK!!!
| September 17, 2018
Life is hard!!! Ok, life can be really hard much of the time. Single parents struggle to make ends meet and to properly provide for
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Church Culture
Are You At the Wrong Church? There’s an Easy Way to Tell.
| September 10, 2018
Despite what the naysayers will tell you, there can be good reasons to leave a church. Sadly, it’s usually a leadership issue. A toxic minister
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Life
A Prayer for My Students
| August 22, 2018
Sending your kids off to college today? Or are you starting classes yourself? I want you to know that many Christian professors begin their new
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Health
Friends In the Dark: Some honest thoughts about depression (and where to find help)
| August 6, 2018
Content Warning: Topics of Depression, suicide, mental health, and 1 curse word. Only one. Promise. “Depression is such a bitch,” a friend said on a
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Doctrine
Prove It! How We Know What We Know
| July 9, 2018
People sometimes object to religious belief on the grounds that it’s not empirical—and all knowledge, they insist, comes from experience. I’ve written before at TTC
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Arts & Culture
How to Crush a Serpent
| July 2, 2018
A few weeks ago, there was a great ruckus at my parents’ house in Texas due to what we all thought was a 4-foot long
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Life
Vocation Journeys Are Rarely Simple, Because Existence is Complicated
| June 4, 2018
Journey back with me for a moment. Close your eyes. Wait, don’t do that. Read this first and then close your eyes. Pick an age
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Church Culture
5 Ways Evangelicals Can Learn From Pope Francis
| May 28, 2018
Last Tuesday, I took time out on a work night to go to the movies and watch a documentary about the Pope. (I know. I
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Doctrine
The SBC, Women in Ministry, Misogyny, and Scripture as Authority
| May 21, 2018
There has been a lot of talk in the news lately regarding the Southern Baptist Convention, women in Ministry, and misogynistic attitudes. It seems appropriate
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