“stop. just stop it.”

My generation of Lutherans is the worst EVER at dating. {This just in: I may tend toward exaggeration. Slightly.} Somewhere between sleeping with the last person you talked to at the bar and Mom and Dad demanding a blood draw and polygraph from the new guy before he can sit down to dinner, my generation stopped believing that you can actually talk to people in order … Continue reading “stop. just stop it.”

a big deal

{Disclaimer: With apologies in advance to anyone who isn’t Lutheran. Or doesn’t like pastors. Or who just plain hates life in general.} I’m a big fan of faithful Lutheran pastors. I think they’re kind of a big deal. And if we’re really being honest, I kind of wish the world had more of them. And that’s saying something, because I went to seminary with a … Continue reading a big deal

Is Evangelical Enough?

In case you’ve already watched paint dry and shampooed your shoelaces (read: in case you really, legitimately have nothing else to do), feel free to take a sneak peek at my article in the latest Modern Reformation magazine: “Is Evangelical Enough?” It’s a little piece on the influx of young evangelicals converting to Roman Catholicism, the millennials who have dialogued, discussed and dived headlong into the Tiber, attracted to … Continue reading Is Evangelical Enough?