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With a father’s pride, a post from my daughter Laura, 5th grade. Desk I start in a box,Just pieces of wood or metal, With bolts and screwsStill in a bag I am lifted into a car or truck,Roughly and with no care.Put on the metal bed of a truck,Then taken for a bumpy ride. When…

Few things were as telling about the White House and how they view evangelical voters (and leaders) than this paragraph from the AP story of Ted Haggard, “White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Haggard was on the weekly calls between Bush aides and evangelical leaders only ‘a couple’ of times. The minister has visited the…

The allegations against Ted Haggard make my heart sick. But there is an irreducible complexity to the Kingdom of God that puts everything into perspective–the last shall be first, the lost shall be found, the mighty will be tumbled, the meek will inherit the earth, everything meant for harm will ultimately be used for good,…

Amazing new New York Times poll out today – Evangelicals 42% to Democrats and 41% to Republicans… again, according to this poll. Regardless, these numbers are truly amazing – two years ago evangelicals broke more than 75% for Republicans. Here is the graph.

Your first letter reminded me of a discussion I had with some close friends in early 2003. I was ranting about how misguided I felt Christians were in their politics–poverty a side issue, racial justice a non-issue, and hatred too common a trait. One of my friends encouraged me to hold off on saying anything…

Jon Andersen has had a most extraordinary Hollywood career. His resume contains everything from working on the Monkees to being co-Executive Producer of “Touched by an Angel.” I asked him the question about whether Jesus follows; here is his answer: Jesus is our Master, Teacher and Saviour. He said, “Take up your cross and follow…

Andrew Sullivan responded to my first letter in his blog yesterday. Here is how he begins: “Thanks for taking the time to read the whole book. You’re not the first one to say it has the wrong title. Maybe I should have played off Sam Harris’ book and called it “The Beginning of Faith.” But…

I first heard of Richard Ellis when I heard a singer talk about her church in Dallas. It was, she said, a church where people got up to ask for prayers, and they turned out to be very serious prayers. She had been used to prayers of a type–help me with my boss, help me…

I like talking about myself as a follower of Jesus. I prefer that description to any other one in describing my faith. I like it because it describes the relationship pretty well: intimate but not static; he leads, I follow. But tonight a question occured to me: Does Jesus sometimes follow me? Wherever I go,…

Go to see the Bollywood version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller on Andrew Sullivan’s blog.
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