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The Season of Reading Books We Want to Read: Summer Books for 2019

Summers come and summers go. Why are summers so memorable? Perhaps the reason comes down to the fact that summer brings an invitation to actually do some things we have wanted to do all along, but were prevented by time or weather. When it comes to r ...

July 8, 2019

The Illusion of Enemy-Less Christian Discipleship

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the seventh in an eight part series on the Lord’s Prayer. When I was a child, I loved camping. For ...

January 18, 2019

Before the Lease Runs Out: Summer Reading List for 2018

The days of summer may seem wonderfully long, but the season itself is frustratingly brief. Shakespeare put it this way: "And summer's lease hath all too short a date." Talk that way at the picnic table and friends may assume you have been in the hea ...

July 11, 2018

How Not To Pray: Two Correctives from Christ

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the second in an eight part series on the Lord’s Prayer.  As a Christian, do you want to learn how ...

June 28, 2018

Prayer, Piety, and the Glory of God: The Lord’s Prayer in the 21st Century

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord's Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the first in an eight part series on the Lord's Prayer.   The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most asto ...

June 19, 2018

The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down

This article is an excerpt from my new book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord's Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution, which releases today. We long for revolution. Something within us cries out that the world is horribly broke ...

January 23, 2018

A Stack of Books for the Season: Summer Reading List for 2017

David McCullough once told of Teddy Roosevelt during his time in the Dakota Territory and before his arrival on the world scene. Two thieves who had been on something of a crime spree in the territory had stolen Roosevelt's rowboat, and he was determ ...

June 5, 2017

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