1. The backlash After Harvey Weinstein and the #metoo conversations started, the general consensus was that it was all good and right. We took strides to eradicate the kind of treatment and behavior that women have suffered beneath for, well, all of time. And I think the fall of Mr. Weinstein and the rise...
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Engage Faith: Almost Empty
Our church runs the sound system from an iPad. Mostly Mike does it, but when he’s not there Pastor Geoff does. But yesterday, Eric ended up with it. It was an unusual service, one our church calls “multi-voice.” Which basically means that multiple people share about a topic or give a testimony. And yesterday,...
Contempt
I was sitting with my family in the studio waiting for our portrait sitting. Everything was running late and I had to be somewhere in barely an hour. The room was filled with people, and I silently blamed all of them as I watched the clock hands creep toward my deadline. I tried to...
Engage Your Mind: Of Babies and Bathwater
It takes a lot of skill to hear an idea or argument without immediately falling into the trap of extremes. Especially in the Christian world, but not less often in the secular one, discussions quickly disintegrate into name-calling and trolling or universally glowing commendation. “You’re an idiot for thinking that. Everything you type is...