• The Gay Teen Suicide Rate and the Christian Condemnation of Gays

    This is reposted in full from John Shore’s blog… after reading, let me know your thoughts in the comments below… thanks! It?s a fact that gay teenagers are about thirty percent more likely than straight teenagers to take their own lives. It?s …

  • Please Lord, Protect Us From Your Followers…

    [WARNING… angry rant to follow…] I am an EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN. I don’t deny it. In fact, I have been an out-of-the-closet evangelical for 19 years. I am not a FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN in any sense of the word. It is worth noting that almost a…

  • Change Your Shoes

    One of the liabilities of working on your feet 10-12 hours a day is that your feet really hurt. Add to that, being over-weight — and all the extra pressure you put on your feet — and your feet really hurt. And add to that a chronic pain along th…

  • Elimination Challenge

    I love Top Chef — in truth, I am a bit obsessed and would love to be on the show. So I tend to think about life as a series of Quick Fires and Elimination Challenges (all followed by Judge’s Table). Today’s challenge came this morning when I woke…

  • Integrating Faith & Politics

    Here is the audio from the message/discussion on integrating faith and politics from this past Sunday’s service at Riverfront Family Church. The format was that I opened with a few observations from the scriptures to set-up the topic, I then inter…

  • Almost (But Not Quite) Random Reflections

    Watching the coverage of NY State passing the marriage equality bill, along with a couple of other events in my life lately, have caused me to really reflect on a couple of things. First, I was surprised by the NY State situation on two levels — …

  • Identity

    Identity is a complicated thing. But developing a healthy sense of our identity is critical to developing a healthy emotional life, relational life, and spiritual life. Identity is also almost always multi-faceted, filled with what can be a health…

  • Lessons on Leaving Well

    Over the years I have learned some lessons about how to transition out of jobs well (and how not to). I am very happy with how my last transition has gone. I feel like I have left well, maintained and even strengthened relationships, and avoided b…

  • Post Down

    Just a heads-up… I took down a post from yesterday about “leaving well”. The post was meant to simply observe the dynamics of leaving organizations and also to affirm the organization/company I am currently leaving for doing an excellent and pro…