Readings for Holy Week Today is the Monday of Holy Week so we must begin with a must read from the Gospels about the last week of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. ICYMI, go back and read John 12:1-36. Today’s events are understood to include those captured in Mark 11:12-19. Tomorrow, read Matthew 21:20-25:46. […]
Jim Carrey’s now viral caricatures of the White House Press Secretary and then the President are seen by some as political satire and by others as sacrilege. In a culture where character used to count and everything is politicized, how we process and respond to this kind of targeted speech shapes the conversation. This is […]
The goal here is to get us thinking about what we’re thinking about. Lots of people are trying to get us to stop thinking, to avoid over-thinking, or to agree with the way they think. I’m trying to get you to stop long enough to think about your mindset. Literally ask yourself, “What’s on my […]
Four important reads for American evangelicals (particularly if you’re also white) As you read, ask yourself if you use the term evangelical to describe yourself, what does that term mean to you and what does it mean to those around you? Are you really an evangelical Christian if you haven’t actually, in recent memory, shared […]
Let’s talk terms and conditions. In the Beginning the conditions were idyllic. The terms set forth by God were that people should live in His presence and with His all-sufficient provision. The people chose otherwise and failing to keep the terms, the conditions radically changed. What didn’t change was the Gospel nature of the universe […]
National Religious Broadcasters’ Radio Program of the Year We are so honored to announce that The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge was awarded the NRB’s Radio Program of the Year. This award goes to “a radio program that impacts the listener by being compelling, relevant, informative, personable, and entertaining, while demonstrating an authentic Christian faith.” Our […]
The View’s Joy Behar relentlessly mocks people of faith. But recently she targeted Vice President Mike Pence and described him as mentally ill because he prays and God answers. She said, “It’s one thing to talk to Jesus. It’s another thing when Jesus talks to you,” during the Feb. 13 episode. “That’s different,” she continued, […]
I couldn’t help but notice. The paper was covered with dark ink. It looked like a puzzle or a maze but the words and numbers among the geometric patterns stood out. Here was a person thinking about: There were images of a clock with a burning fuse, a path leading to a cliff and […]
Billy Graham Part of today’s Must Read Monday is a must listen. If you’ve never heard Billy Graham preach, you must listen. In 1979, I was 10 years old when Billy Graham came to my hometown of Tampa, Florida for a five-day Crusade. Like everyone else who lived in Tampa at the time, my family […]
Harvard labels African-American Christian female speaker a purveyor of homophobic hate https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/16/editorial-hcfa-hate-platform/ Note the collision of worldviews in this story: is this is a story about gender, race, religion, free speech, truth, higher education or something else? In our Oprah-inspired “speak your own truth” culture, why isn’t Jackie Hill-Perry’s personal story considered legit? Why is […]