Healing Hereafter

Few things make people visibly cringe more than parents naming their kids something utterly baffling. Eating liver is one of those things, but we can all still sympathize with the North Wests, Apple Paltrows, and Kal-Els of the world who at some point early in life had to be asking mom and dad...

This week I was privileged to officially be welcomed into the Effective Altruism community, which strives to objectively research the most cost-effective and productive ways to improve and save the lives of the people most in need in our world. There is a diversity of passions in this community...

I recently had the pleasure of hearing from some missionary friends of mine how God has used their efforts to help many college students come to a closer knowledge of him. As someone who has worked in ministry with students for over 16 years, I have a particular affinity for their passion, and the...

Whether or not it's because you kinda sorta drive too close behind people like I kinda sometimes do, you're familiar with them: "Coexist" bumper stickers. It has been interesting over the years to hear people's reactions to them. I certainly appreciate the creativity behind the idea and the...

Just got back from an awesome college spring break trip! No, not your stereotypical college spring break trip, as that's not an excursion I belong on under any circumstances. Instead, our trip was designed to immerse us in many of the humanitarian challenges our country faces and better understand...

POOF! I've just transported you back to 1999, and you're sitting in a booth at a restaurant called Damon's. This scraggly kid in uniform wanders up to the table next to you, introduces himself, and asks if he can get them started with some drinks or appetizers. Not particularly impressed with his...

I'm not perfect, and I fail. You're not perfect, and you fail. Church leaders are not perfect, and they fail. This is never an excuse to keep failing, but it is a reality, one that both can't be ignored and that should prompt a restoring response. As mature adults, we know this response must start...

"Come here Jay, I gotta show you something!" I was in a college apartment a few days ago, and an excited student was proudly displaying this big clunky machine with giant speakers. Most of his peers would have no idea what it was, but I sure did. A record player in all its glory! The memories...

Ever heard of Smash Up? It's a crazy card game that assigns two categories of individuals-like rock-stars and zombies, for example- special powers appropriate to them, then smashes them up together on a team to play against your opponent's two smashed-up categories of people! One of my favorite...

Many of us have witnessed a happy little hamster, enjoying those laps around the wheel, with no real knowledge of how she got there or why. So blissful and so ignorant. Now by ignorant I don’t mean intentional rejection of information; I simply mean lack of information. She seems to have gotten...