The Cost of Being a Christian
Recently, a young Christian friend, Mike, came to me to discuss an issue he was having with his faith. “Matt,” he said, “I’ve been reading the Bible, and I noticed […]
Category Archives: Making a Difference
Dinner Party Politics
Sex, religion, and politics: three inexhaustible yet potentially awkward and provocative topics of dinner party conversation. I addressed the first two topics in earlier articles for Wondering Fair, so with […]
Saving the World
Each person on the planet, regardless of how officially religious or ideological they might claim to be, lives according to an implicit or explicit narrative that offers answers to big […]
The End of Virtue
Why are we often suspicious of virtue? Why are we cynical and skeptical of people who are supposedly good, kind, even heroic? That’s just the image they project–we reason–but behind […]
Love Continued
The movie About Time features a plot that surprised and touched me deeply, both for what it communicated and for what it didn’t. The blissful, romantic laughing-in-the-rain movie poster had […]
Vocation, vocation, vocation
Questions of vocation, what constitutes the best use of our working lives, are not clear cut in any religious community. Nor are they clear cut in the secular realm. So […]
“Here Lived a Great Street Sweeper…”
I’ve got two questions I’m going to ask you. Here’s the first one: “So, what do you do?” This is one of those standard questions we get asked when we […]
The Losers Who Keep on Winning
We love winners. The only time that we sometimes start to like losers is when they start to win – then we call them underdogs. But sometimes, we like that […]
An Insult to Aspire to
When was the last time someone threw an insult at you? Was it deserved? Not a possibility one would wish to encourage! How about putting the shoe on the other […]
Rules… or Ruler…
Rules. Rules. Rules. One of the most common complaints about Christianity is that it is merely a pile of rules. These rules are sometimes ones about what you should do […]
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