This piece originally appeared at RelevantMagazine.com.

The snuffing of Osama bin Laden’s life has left White House officials beaming, news reporters busy and the thumbs of Twitterers raw. I can’t blame any of them. After all, this is one of the biggest events of the last decade. When I got the call Sunday night and turned on the ...

For the most part, I've stopped signing public statements. Perhaps one day I will write about the various reasons I've decided to do this. Occassionally, however, someone drafts a statement that is both timely and reasonable. In these cases, I might make an exception. Today, Evangelicals for Social Action and The Center for Public Justice...

I've never been one to fix my bayonet over gender issues in the church. There are some people out there who get some sort of thrill from talking about gender roles into the wee hours of the night. These people love debating why women can't preach or teach or pastor or lead men and why men should do all those things. If your internet browser's...

I recently stumbled across a powerful video on The Work of the People, a "community of artists who create visual media for the church to re-orient God's people around Jesus' good news and mission to make all things new." This video features my friend and the pastor of Ecclesia Church in Houston, Chris Seay. (It isn't brand new, but...