Absence: a form of oppression

My recent trip to Birmingham, AL, has brought me to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. If you get a chance to visit, do it. It’s worth it. The Institute brought the harsh realities of segregation between blacks and whites in the American South.
As I walked the Institute, I saw images of blacks being hosed with [...]

Vacationing in North Carolina

Amanda, Elle, and I are having a nice time with our family in North Carolina. Amanda, Elle, and I drove all night after Ron and Juli’s wedding and arrived in Nags Head around 7:30 AM. This will be Elle’s first time at the beach, North Carolina, etc. So far we’ve gone to the beach twice, [...]

Best friend gets married

I’m cool because now I have an iPhone

I know you’re saying, “Evan, you were cool before you got the iPhone.” Well, thanks, but now I feel really cool. Last Friday, I got up early and drove to King of Prussia mall to go to the Apple Store, which opened at 8 AM. I got there around 7:50 AM, walked up to the [...]

Seven Burning Issues - War

Relevant Magazine put out this article called “Seven Burning Issues - War.” It is the most recent installment of their seven-part article asking a panel of Christian leaders (e.g., Shane Claiborne, Brian McLaren, N.T. Wright, Jim Wallis, and more) about current issues facing Christians today. He’s an excerpt - I particularly liked Jim Wallis‘ answer:
Followers [...]

N.T. Wright on the Colbert Report

N.T. Wright was interviewed about his book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by Steve Colbert on the Colbert Report. It is nice to see Bishop Wright’s book being publicized like this. However, Steve Colbert must be the hardest person to have an interview with because he is [...]

AJ Jacob on his “The Year of Living Biblically”

Agnostic AJ Jacob’s decided one day to follow the Bible to the letter in the way he lived. He focused mainly on the Hebrew Scriptures due to his Jewish descent (however, he did spend the last 4 months in the Christian Scriptures). His article in Relevant Magazine is very interesting. It is extremely interesting in [...]

He just does [period]

“See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are” (1 John 3:1a NRSV).
I never understood the God (Father)-Me (Child) relationship that much–or at least, now I realize that I didn’t know much about it at all. It wasn’t until I, myself, [...]

Why Suffering?

This week I was privileged to take a class at seminary with Pastor Tim Lucas from the Liquid Church . The class was titled “Ministry & Media.” I really enjoyed the class, and a few classmates and I created a “Man on the Street” video (above) asking people at Montgomery County Community College, “Why is [...]

“On Dropping the Debt” by N.T. Wright

I recently read the below article written by N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, in which he takes on the issue of Third World Debt. I find Third World Debt to be a problem that stands in direct contradiction to the message of Jesus. N.T. Wright first brought this to my [...]