You would think that growing up in a “nomadic” pastor’s family that I would have learned early how to let go of people. My heart just doesn’t work that way. When I befriend someone, I fall in love with them. And it’s the “for keeps” kind of love. I love being able to love people [...]
Dancing on the Edge
I dance on the edge. Many of my churched friends tend to watch my life with fear and trepidation that one day, I will spin off into oblivion, while a lot of my unchurched friends wonder why I remain so inhibited. I’m an outsider. Several of my Christian friends see me spending time with non-Christians [...]
Loving or Judging – The Discussion Continues

Last week, I wrote a blog post that I summed up this way: When we sow judgment, we reap judgment. What if we sowed love? This spawned a pretty cool discussion, but since that discussion happened elsewhere in social media, you might have missed it. And since I think it’s a pretty valid discussion, I [...]
A Safe Place
Once upon a time, I went to one of the richest, most affluent churches in the city where I lived. It was filled with up-and-coming folks with nice, sharp clothes and straight, white teeth. They had manicured nails and name-brand shoes and shiny cars. I wasn’t any of those things. I was poor, pudgy, and [...]
Welcome Home
It was my very first Sunday teaching children’s church at my parents’ rural church in Eastern North Carolina. My class of two preschoolers—Steven and Mariah—repeated after me solemnly and in a sing-song voice: “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” [...]

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