My heart is so heavy today to learn of a young, well-known, well-loved pastor who took his own life this weekend. Andrew Stoecklein, 30, was the lead pastor of Inland Hills Church - just a few towns south of us in Chino, California - a thriving megachurch. I visited Inland Hills a couple of times, [...]
The occasion of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a time of reflection for each of us when it comes to the relationships between the races in our culture. As a white, middle-class, suburban pastor who most recently served a largely white, middle class, suburban church, I have to admit that I have blindspots [...]
Lead us to a place Guide us with your grace To a place where we’ll be safe “The Prayer” A natural question to ask in the aftermath of an unspeakable horror such as the massacre at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, is: Why did God allow this to happen to [...]
A man, his wife, and mother-in-law went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the mother-in-law passed away. An undertaker told them, “You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here in the Holy Land for $150.” The man thought about it and told the undertaker he would just have [...]
About an hour ago - as the pen flies - violent protesters at the University of California-Berkeley managed to force the cancellation of a speech by the controversial conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos. A similar protest and ensuing cancellation occurred a month ago at UC-Davis, though interim chancellor Ralph Hexter later expressed regret for the university's [...]
