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  Nov 20, 2023

  My journey out of the LGBT world

  I’d begun planning a way to kill myself that wouldn’t appear to be a suicide, so as to not destroy my family. There was no acceptable place in society for someone to be grappling with homosexuality in 1989, not inside the church and definitely not outside.

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  Nov 20, 2023

  The connection between support for Black Lives Matter and Hamas

  Too many Evangelical leaders got this wrong over the last decade. Now, with BLM linking arms with Hamas, will they finally get it right?

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  Nov 20, 2023

  The hijacking of ‘Christ is King’

  But to use “Christ is King” as a political slogan, especially one with racist and anti-Semitic overtones, is to bring disgrace on that holy and beautiful name.

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  Nov 19, 2023

  Consulting God first is the antidote to regrettable decisions

  Most often, what we want to do and follow is always in conflict with what God wants.

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  Nov 19, 2023

  Uncomfortable Thanksgivings have taught me to set the table with love

  As a teen, I was anorexic. Thanksgiving meant people staring at my plate — or so I thought. It meant wondering what, if anything, I could eat. My mind wasn’t healthy, and neither was my body. Yet, there I was sitting at the table.

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  Nov 19, 2023

  7 tips to make sermon points more memorable

  He said, “Passion is the degree of difficulty one will endure to reach a goal.” It stuck with me all these years! This one point has guided so much about the way I live.

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  Nov 19, 2023

  F.L. Copeland’s suicide is a painful glimpse into the inner conflict of trans identity

  Public shaming and condemnation will never help people working through these feelings.

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  Nov 19, 2023

  5 years ago John Chau became a Gospel hero

  Instead of being welcomed, John was killed by the islanders. Instead of being anonymous, his name was mocked and ridiculed in news reports, comedy routines and awful memes.

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  Nov 18, 2023

  One vital question to ask your child's teacher

  There are a million ways for parents and teachers to partner for student success. But today, I invite you to begin with one vital question.

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  Nov 18, 2023

  The breaking of America: What hurts the most

  The state of our nation today reminds me of “The Twilight Zone” reruns that I watched as a young boy. They were always very eerie and unsettling.