Poor Pastors—Literally?
Pastors and money—it’s not a subject you hear a lot about. But the July/August 2016 Christianity Today noted a survey from the National Association of Evangelicals on Pastors and their money. Here are some of the interesting findings: 29% had no money in personal savings 33% had less than » Read More
What is it That We Fight For?
How do you read the bible? As literature? As story? As a lesson book? For me, sometimes I read the bible as war–as struggle? What do I mean? It seems that most of our lives are filled with the constant battle to make sense of our lives, how we fit into this world, into the vast » Read More
Searching for Sara
I met her at a restaurant. From time to time, my travels take me to resort kinds of settings. I like to ask my waiters their story, how they got to be there, and where they come from. Like so many, Sara came to be a server because she wanted a couple of years off before graduate » Read More
