When I think of common sense, I think of "Forrest Gump." He's the embodiment of folk wisdom. And while "common sense" is good, I believe common sense has its limitations. We need something more than common sense to help us navigate the complexities of our world...
Memorial Day is upon us. How is the COVID-19 pandemic and CDC guidelines impacting your summer vacation plans this year? Are you maintaining a quarantined lifestyle, or are you making plans that include practicing reasonable social distancing recommendations while going on vacation? In this podcast...
This past week, a friend of mine died unexpectedly. Trying to process my grief, I turned to "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis. In today's podcast, I walk through this raw and emotionally gut-wrenching book as I wrestle with the loss of a loved one...
Are you stuck in a rut? I think the coronavirus has many of us feeling like we are stuck in a rut, and one that mirrors Bill Murray's "Groundhog Day," where every day is the same and tomorrow never comes. In today's podcast, I talk about some practical steps we can take to get out of a rut...
The coronavirus is impacting us in many ways. In today's podcast, I sit down to talk with a man who can't see his son because of his high risk job, and the chance he could be exposed to COVID-19...
COVID-19 highlights the tensions we have about our individual "civil liberties" and our "collective" duties as citizens. In today's podcast I talk with a Canadian friend as we compare and contrast America and Canada's responses to the coronavirus, and how our respective national DNA shapes the responses of our respective countries, and the tensions that exist in both nations.
COVID-19 is presenting a challenge to the church. In today's podcast, I sit down with pastor Daniel Rushing (Renovatus Church) to talk candidly about the impact of the coronavirus on the life and ministry of the church. Daniel believes this seemingly apocalyptic event will open-up the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to breathe new life into the church.
Why do bad things happen to good people? How can we explain suffering? What about when we can't explain the reasons for our suffering? In today's podcast, I attempt to wrestle with some of the hardest questions in life regarding the dark times we face...
Most of us don't want to end up like the 918 people that followed Jim Jones. We don't want to drink the proverbial Kool-Aid. But if we are not careful, we can easily do such. Here are the warning signs you are drinking the Kool-Aid, and what you can do to prevent it.
Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover is a popular self-help program for getting out of debt and becoming wealthy. Biblically and financially, however, it has some flaws. In today's podcast, I critique some areas where I feel Dave Ramsey gets it wrong...
