Conversations on Writing, Reading, & the Christian Life
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CT Article: Bonhoeffer Convinced Me to Abandon My Dream
His words challenged everything I had learned about pastoral vision.
It’s hard to estimate the impact Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book, Life Together has had on my concept of pastoral ministry. And maybe no sentence has ever impacted my work more than Bonhoeffer’s, “God hates visionary dreaming.” I’m honored to have been able to share more about this passage in a recent article on Christianity Today Pastors....
God Honors Excellence But I’m Allergic to Meat
And Yes, You Read That Correctly
Can you imagine Ron Swanson waking up to discover he was suddenly allergic to meat? No steaks, no brats, no bacon, no cheeseburgers. Can you imagine his reaction? It would have made a great episode, but maybe it sounds too far fetched. Believe it or not, a meat allergy is a real thing, and I...
Žižek, Peterson, and the Christian Atheist
What Žižek gets wrong about G. K. Chesterton
This year’s debate between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Žižek was marketed as one of the greatest intellectual debates of the century. At one point, tickets were being scalped for over $1,500 a seat. To many’s disappointment, but probably for the best, the event went off without the anticipated drama. Peterson and Žižek managed to find...
