I don’t remember where I first heard this: the idea that if we say God is awesome, and nothing compares with Him, then how can we say anything else is awesome? It’s one of a long line of things Christians say that drives me slightly nutty – because it’s completely extremist. I believe God is…
A couple weeks ago, a good friend and I set off on a day-trip to my favorite town in Michigan, in search of rest and just getting away and glad to be pursuing a day like that together. It was an absolutely lovely trip (I mean, there was that one part where we left our umbrellas…
In case you are just catching this series, I’d like to take a minute to backtrack a bit, because the past few posts I’ve written lay some important groundwork for this conversation. I started by talking about the distinctions between gossip, slander, and information, and how to discern into which of those categories an article or…
Last week, I started talking about the differences between gossip, slander, and information, particularly in regards to “famous” Christians, and how to determine which category what you’re reading about them might fall into. Then I talked a little bit about the implications of those definitions for the way that we respond when we read something about a “scandal”…
Earlier this week, I talked about the differences between gossip, slander, and information (and threw in a seemingly random definition for advice); today I’d like to talk about the implications of these definitions for how we should respond when we hear “news” about famous church people, particularly when that “news” involves some sort of “scandal” or “outrage.” Here’s…
