Cities and school districts across the country are forcing their employees to cover up tattoos if they want to keep their jobs. The edicts have been issued to maintain a good image, say the communities, and the...

Scripture is paved with speed bumps—words and phrases meant to slow us down. One of my favorites is the simple phrase, “but God.” Not the whiney “but God, why?” but, a heroic R...

Today's youth are practically hardwired into our media-centric world, absorbing terabytes of information every week. Want to know if Britney has custody of her kids these days? If Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" is a re...

My wife and I saw the newest Batman movie, The Dark Knight. I love Batman. I can relate to him. He’s human, and he does extraordinary things. He has a few secrets. (He also looks good in a cape. My wife s...

While rock stars raising money for charity is surprisingly trendy at the moment, a slew of Christian musicians are reinventing the way art and compassion collide.Martin Smith, lead vocalist for rock/worship act...

“It’s not running. It’s not walking. It’s surviving.”That’s how Rulon Gardner, the Olympic gold-winning Greco-Roman wrestler, describes the Incline, a 2,000-foot uphill scar ...

In my first column for YouthWorker Journal, I want to talk about some of the basic goals we seek with the men and women we serve in the urban context. This takes me to my son Samuel.Samuel is too young for heav...

When senior leaders from nearly a dozen campus ministries gathered to talk about what is happening on college campuses across the nation, the fellowship and stories were rich. It also provided a brief glimpse i...

Last summer, when I taught my buddy Ian how to water ski, I issued this warning: "Once you're up and out of the water, you will feel an overwhelming desire to pull your hands and the tow rope close to your ches...

Author Phyllis Tickle to Headline Emergent ConferencePhyllis Tickle, renowned sage, spiritual mentor and author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why, will unpack the contents of her book...