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A SAMPLE OF MY PUBLISHED ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND MORE

Pastors and the Psychology of Scarcity

During an Exponential East workshop by Thrivent Financial on Money, Stress, and Ministry, a pastor arrived several minutes early, sat...

A Survey Can Make You Less Moral

What behavioral economics has to do with scary statistics. Surely by the time Elijah wandered off into the desert to die, he would have...

The Sabbath Swimming Lesson

When unemployment threatens to sink us, God keeps our heads above water. When I was a swimming instructor, I spent a lot of time trying...

Who Owns Your Christmas Carols?

No, Kim Hill didn't write 'O Holy Night.' But she holds a copyright for it. You can "Go Tell It on the Mountain" 149 different ways this...

Who Do You Think You Are?

The global church needs to ground youth in their true, deepest identity. About a year ago, Kenya exploded in post-election riots that...

Faith and Hope in Ukraine

How Eastern Europe's most missional evangelical church is rethinking tradition and the Great Commission. Igor Stakhovskiy cracks jokes...

Reconciled in Rwanda

A new documentary shows stories of forgiveness and reconciliation in a nation still reeling from the horrors of genocide. John enters the...

The Excitement of Hope

Olympians have something to teach us about this cardinal virtue. Athletes in the Olympic Games have invested considerable time not just...

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