Deep Thoughts

On March 10th, I wrote a piece on my blog praising the Biblical character Boaz for showing compassion to Ruth, whom I referred to in the ar...

On Friday I'm leaving for Ethiopia with my dad to pick up my adopted son Isaac Biruk Taylor. We're arriving the day after the elect...

A friend of mine just sent this to me: Enjoy! There are nine questions. This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurr...

This is one of the most uplifting videos I've seen in a while. My mom is always forwarding me things like this. I thought I'd shar...

Sometimes in life you learn best not from the times that you shine, but from the times that you act like a total ignoramus. It seems that ra...

ImageThe stove is standing outside under the sky, next to it a washing machine and in the background a big white tent. We are sitting in wha...

I listened to an excellent sermon last night from Ray Bakke, chairman of Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding . Bakke brought out the...

By Lisa Goldman Last week in Hawara, a town near Nablus, someone defaced a mosque with spray paint. The graffiti included Hebrew writing and...

By Jim Wallis 04-21-2010 I got up at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday to fly to Phoenix, Arizona, to speak at a press conference and rally at the State ...

I'm exhausted. Been driving all day. When my wife and I got to our hotel, Christian wouldn't stop fussing. I called the doctor, r...

I received this today from a group called Iraq Veterans Against the War. They asked me to pass it on. From Current and Former Members of th...

I'm sitting in my son's room at the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto California. My son's surgery went well...

Evangelicals Send Atomic Fireballs to Congress For Immediate Release April 12, 2010 Evangelical college presidents, denominational executive...

Hey there, I just heard some good news for everyone who's afraid of nuclear war (and that means all of us). Last week, Russia and the U...

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on my blog entitled Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up? In the post I talked about how America, being a tr...

Below is a devotional by Nedra O Brien, my late mother-in-law. For years before she passed away, Nedra wrote devotionals for her church bul...

Yesterday I was interviewed on Lifeline with Craig Roberts , a Christian radio talk show in Northern California. In addition to talking abo...

I've been accused of only going after the extremism and violent rhetoric of one side. Here's my chance to say, for the record, I do...

For my 6 out of 10 white evangelical friends that support torture , I have a few questions for you. 1. Are the people in this story terrori...

I love the New Testament. I think it’s fair to say that I live, eat, breathe, and drink the New Testament. I honestly think that there’s no...