These are difficult days for judgmental people

what The Empire Strikes Back got wrong…

this race between the tortoise and the hare went about as you’d expect…

and we will have one, just as soon as we iron out a few of these pesky, logistical details

Space Travel Will Be A HUGE Letdown!

Have you ever considered becoming a Unique Genius?

Mother Nature’s errand boys of death and destruction

the game is not what you think

Because wheels are awful!

A visit to NPR - Jan 30, 2025

Who will deliver your eulogy?

Offering words of comfort to our hurting Detroit Lions fans

Trump’s next assignment

In the future getting cancelled will become obsolete 

A new kind of board game

Time Travel has received mixed reviews

Santa’s angry brother who steals presents back

What if Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell was your dad?

What is the difference between comedy in China and the US?

Tomorrow my daughter’s preschool will vote on “what is your favorite fruit?”

One way to stop suffering is to spread it around

Debunking some myths about America’s urban centers

An intervention for struggling parents with kids in travel sports

No one ever remembers my name

It'd be a huge hassle

As you get older, your tastes in vacationing become more refined

relational neuroscience might be able to fix your comedy problem

Some ideas for how to be insanely miserable

当父母有时候像拳击。。。

How young children break you

A first rate B movie confronts us with existential questions

Two uncomfortable truths about MLK

We are moving to Denver. Laurie is starting law school.

The superbowl is kinda lame actually

Evangelism

The “Other Jesus” was named Jesus Barrabas

No one ever remembers my name

Why give up a perfectly good job for this stupid plan of yours?

here’s what we know about the afterlife thus far…

A third party candidate that may intrigue you

What I learned about spiritual formation from weightlifting

Days 4 & 5 of my trip to Ethiopia

Days 2 & 3 of my trip to Ethiopia

Discrimination against baby girls

Where are you afraid to let go and fall?

When read as they were always intended--not as historical fact, but as historical parables, we find a symbolic richness that leads us to repentance and true revival. 

The unsettling and threatening experience of communion

A real experience of monastic worship (not the glorified version)

The Church’s role in the world’s ecological crisis

The Tower of Babel explained

Don’t ignore what your body is telling you

There’s freedom in dancing

Get drunk or search for meaning?

Don’t shy away from the suffering of others

Don’t avoid your life

Three books for easter weekend

Sometimes God gives you a sign and sometimes God’s spits in your eye.

A laughing room for the church

Doomsday prepping makes sense except for one substantial flaw

The American Church’s mission of unity in otherwise divided times

success is never solo

Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it

the robots were very naive

he’s not ready for the future

It’s a lot of walking

Time for a new strategy!

One of the silliest movies ever made

One of the fakest movies ever made

Dodgeball has become extremely corrupt

A visit to the Taxidermy Hall of Fame and Creation Museum of North Carolina

Why do we create? Are we sharing or shouting? Sharing can be quite life giving, whereas shouting is often draining and joyless.

Debunking some myths about America’s urban centers

Why is the FX show The Bear so appealing?

An essay on the power of narratives

The heavy cost of our isolation

A few updates, plus some good books to read

Highlights from my trip to China last week

Hearing the body through authentic movements

Days 8 & 9 of my trip to Ethiopia

Days 6 & 7 of my trip to Ethiopia

Days 0 & 1 of my trip to Ethiopia

Art is discovered, not created.

The challenges and potentials of grief

today’s dissatisfactions are tomorrow’s joys

Start planning ahead now to procrastinate

Becoming a parent means wearing one’s heart on the outside of your skin

It’s love at first sight, but it’s not what you think

Dating experiences of a single Chinese guy living in Africa

Facing the feeling of being overwhelmed

Why I wake up and write