A Good Enneagram 1

I lovingly gaze back on that girl in bangs with a twinge of sadness and note of pride and wonder at whose idea it was to  smear heavy on her warm insides the idea of personal responsibility for  every person’s …

Sugar Cubes and Church Kids

I was very proficient at doing the overheads at church. After Sunday school I would dutifully go upstairs while the other kids were eating sugar cubes from the coffee table, to the front row in the church auditorium. There I …

Backsliding with Jesus and an Important New Book

Once, when we were support-raising missionaries for a Christian church planting organization, a funder wrote me and warned about our going down a slippery slope. Falling away, going down a slippery slope, turning one’s back and back-sliding–these were the worst …