by Bob | Feb 11, 2012 | Faith, Uncategorized
Jeremy Lin: Christian Athlete The Twitter hash tag is #Linsanity. Short for the phenomenon that is Jeremy Lin. Taking the NBA by Storm Pro basketball player Jeremy Lin was unrecruited out of high school and undrafted out of college. Three weeks ago he was sent to the...
by Bob | Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s a Wonderful Life Just about everyone has seen the classic Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life. Jimmy Stewart plays the lead character, George Bailey, who is so despondent on Christmas Eve that he intends to take his life. He’s rescued by the angel Clarence, who...
by Bob | Dec 3, 2011 | Christmas, God's Healing for Life's Losses, Healing for the Holidays, Uncategorized
Healing for the Holidays: Part 5—Tidings of Comfort and Joy Note: This is the fifth in a series of posts on Healing for the Holidays. Read Part 1: A Promise, Part 2: Give Sorrow Words, Part 3: Holiday Healing Q/A, and Part 4: A Lament for Your Loss. Comfort and Joy...
by Bob | Nov 29, 2011 | Christmas, God's Healing for Life's Losses, Healing for the Holidays, Uncategorized
Healing for the Holidays: Part 1—A Promise Holidays… They’re “supposed” to make us think of words like thankful, merry, and happy. We’re “supposed” to associate holidays with a phrase like “Home for the Holidays!” But… what if a loved one is not coming home this...
by Bob | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Humilitas On the looooong plane ride from Chicago to San Francisco (on my way to speak at the Evangelical Theological Society), I had more than enough time to read all of John Dickson’s new book Humilitas. It’s a treatise on humility: a lost key to life, love, and...
by Bob | Nov 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Too Much Nittany Lyin’ Rick Morrissey is a sports’ columnist for the Chicago Sun Times. Yesterday he penned one of the most powerful responses yet to the horrible child-sex scandal at Penn State. You don’t have to be a football fan to appreciate Morrissey’s insights....
