Theology is full choices. Some of those choices are conscious, and some of them we make unawares, but we’re always choosing something. One of those choices is what we’re prioritizing in the grand narrative of scripture. Put another way: which lens will shape the faith...
During my semester abroad in Australia, I was lucky enough to take a spring break trip to Fiji. “Bula!” I stepped off the plane to the sounds of a steel drum and the caress of a tropical breeze. Greeters waited in the airport lobby with shell necklaces and sunny...
I’ve never needed to read the Bible for me to desire good. If I’d never encountered the Bible, I would still be repulsed by what my ancestors endured on the plantations of the Caribbean and the southern United States. I do not need to visit the canon of...
I’m out in the mountains … again. No Cheryl Strayed agenda. I gave up on that. Seems like God prefers talking to me through panic attacks and people. “You coming, Brandon?” a camper calls. “Nah. I need a moment.” I’m sitting on a massive rock, on the edge of an...
Why can’t I write worship music? I used to ponder this question over and over in my mind as a songwriter for a record label. I had gained the ability to quickly create songs for advertisements and movies, writing about products and scenarios that had nothing to...
Friends of Lake Drive Books, When it comes to religion and spirituality, one of the things I think about a lot is the question of whether we need to believe in a theistic, supernatural being to be spiritual beings ourselves. The idea that religion, above all, means...