How Do We Know What is Just?

Why You are More Powerful Than You Think

I have been thinking a lot about how it is easy to feel powerless in the world in the face of so many bad things. I have also been thinking about how we are more powerful than we think, and so I wrote a book about it. If you would like to read more ideas… Continue reading Why You are More Powerful Than You Think

How Do We Know What is Just?

Meditations from the Belly of the Whale

The story of Jonah and the Whale is a fascinating story but not for the reasons people typically think. People often think that the whale is the most surprising part of the story, but I believe it is Jonah’s anger and the path it takes him that is really fascinating. At the beginning of the… Continue reading Meditations from the Belly of the Whale

How Do We Know What is Just?

Rene Girard, Donald Trump, and How I Got My Advent Groove Back

I have a confession: In the past, I haven’t liked the season of Advent very much. This is a bummer because I am Christian, and I feel like I should like Advent. I mean, Advent is the time of the year when we anticipate the birth of the Christ Child. This is the Christ who… Continue reading Rene Girard, Donald Trump, and How I Got My Advent Groove Back