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Why 2016 Seemed to Suck So Much

Yes, I know that life isn’t perfect and I know that every year is good for some people and not so good for others. So, to make a blanket statement about a year as good or bad seems silly and sophomoric. But, it seemed like this past year in particular everyone was in agreement: 2016 absolutely blew. It sucked. It was simply ugly.

8 Times I Was Embarrassed To Be A Christian

So this post will surely cause some uproar and controversy for those who read it. That is not my intention. But since this is an “opinion piece,” I know there will be some disagreements…

Personal Reflections on Today’s Important Issues

As the year 2015 wraps up, I thought I would really get honest and share with you all some of the societal issues I am struggling with. There is no doubt in my mind that we all wrestle with how to respond to the many things that are happening in our country. With the presence of social media, freely sharing our opinions has never been easier but it always comes with a price. I’ve seen people lose jobs, I’ve seen ruined relationships, I’ve seen people getting ostracized and ridiculed, amongst other things…

An Inconvenient Faith

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Last week, the world witnessed a great tragedy: the terrorist attacks in Paris. Over 100 perished and over 300 were wounded…

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With the solidarity came a flood of emotion by many, and much of this emotion was shared: some of it raw and some of it rationalized. The views and beliefs were wide-ranging...

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Unfortunately, Christians all over the United States have wide-ranging views on how to respond to both the Paris Attacks and the Syrian refugee crisis…

Year In Review: Violence (Part 2) – Terrorism & the Search for Superiority

When we talk about violence, we need to examine this on two levels: the individual scale where one person attacks another person, and the collective scale where a group attacks another group. When we talk about the latter, we commonly reference this type of violence as terrorism…