To Obey God, Can You Give Up Time-Honored Beliefs?

EthicsDaily.com’s E3 Initiative – educating, engaging and empowering people of faith – has prompted some thinking about just what happens when the educational dimension of discipleship is embraced, engaged and put to powerful use. As usual, I find...

5 Signs of Invigorated, Engaged Pastors

There are some people in every generation who just seem to “get it.” They appear to be the right people, for the right leadership opportunity, at just the right time. They turn out to be exceptional leaders who stand in the gap, inviting others into a new...

Martha and Mary: Two Sides of Christian Discipleship

The story of Jesus in the house of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) is a short, but rich, narrative about two sides of Christian discipleship. You know the one – Martha banging pots, rattling dishes and cutlery, checking oven, swearing at the beeping microwave,...

Corrie ten Boom, Chocolate and Dogmatic Debates

One of my favorite stories is told by Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983). Corrie was a Dutch woman of great faith who spent much of World War II hiding Jews from the Nazis. She and many of her family were sent to a concentration camp where her beloved sister, Betsie, died....

You Can’t Shrug Your Shoulders at Global Woes

After giving a shameless plug for a magic show I will be performing, another term came to mind that set me thinking and reflecting: “blameless shrug.” One of Bart Simpson’s catchphrases is “I didn’t do it!” It’s sometimes...