“I grew up in Freetown, Virginia, a community of farming people. It wasn’t really a town. The name was adopted because the first residents had all been freed from chattel slavery and they wanted to be known as a town of Free People.” From the opening paragraph of The Taste of Country Cooking, I wasContinueContinue reading “Edna Lewis and the Flourishing of African Americans”
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New Posts on Texting and Timberlake’s “Man of the Woods”
I’ve done a terrible job keeping you up to date on the pieces I’m publishing elsewhere. So, here a couple to get you caught up. One Question to Ask Before You Text At Desiring God, I have a piece on a sad trend I see in our relationships: texting. Deep down, many of us areContinueContinue reading “New Posts on Texting and Timberlake’s “Man of the Woods””
Keep Your Word. The Gospel Depends On It.
It is unrighteous to be a promise-breaker. In fact, the gospel itself hangs on the promise-keeping of God. Let me explain. Our Promise-Keeping God.In 2 Corinthians, Paul explains to the Corinthians why he had a change in travel plans. When Paul initially heard about the issues in Corinth, he had a strong impulse to re-routeContinueContinue reading “Keep Your Word. The Gospel Depends On It.”
Check Out My Chapter in the New ‘Pop Culture Primer’!
I’m excited to announce a project that’s been in the works for several months. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Josh Larsen, editor of Think Christian, on a chapter for their brand new, free e-book Pop Culture Primer. Josh has drawn together writers to analyze pop culture artifacts from five different categories: music, video games, graphicContinueContinue reading “Check Out My Chapter in the New ‘Pop Culture Primer’!”
The Real Truth About #TakeAKnee
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Biblical Nostalgia in a Postmodern World
Nostalgia is the closest thing we have to time travel. It’s a feeling of familiarity, of an experience from the past. We can be transported by the strangest things: smells, a picture, an old candy wrapper. Our postmodern culture is obsessed with revisiting the past to find some previously undiscovered truth. Even the name post-modernContinueContinue reading “Biblical Nostalgia in a Postmodern World”
We’re All Taking Too Many Hits from the Juice Box
The other day, a box of cheddar bunnies tried to convince me that by eating them I was saving the planet. No, seriously. I was reading the side panel of a purple box of Annie’s crackers where it was telling me all about how my putting these cheese crackers in my mouth was somehow endingContinueContinue reading “We’re All Taking Too Many Hits from the Juice Box”
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