I Am A Christmas Christian

December 24, 2016.Reading time 22 minutes.

(Warning: This post contains adult language) I am a Christmas Christian. I’ve known this for decades now. But only now do I feel brave enough to say it boldly. Because, in many Christian circles, it’s almost like heresy to not say “I’m an Easter Christian.” I’m one of those too. I love Easter. I come […]

Dear American Christians

April 3, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Dear American Christians, You need to get a grip, and I am tired of speaking to you politely. You are not being persecuted by being required to serve all customers in your store. If you serve all people in your store, you are simply being American. As a fellow Christian, I can assure you, your […]

The Heart of Christmas is Love

December 23, 2013.Reading time 17 minutes.

The heart of the Gospel is love. The heart of the Christmas season is love. Love is the final driver, the final goal –the first, last, and middle command– for all of us who follow Christ. In the Christmas season, we celebrate this love of God for us, as made manifest in the birth of […]

How Is “Santa Is White” the Most Controversial thing Megyn Kelly Said?

December 18, 2013.Reading time 16 minutes.

I’ve stayed out of this whole mess as long as I can. But it’s about a week later, and folks are still talking about FOX New’s Megyn Kelly, and her statement that “Santa is white.” It’s been covered. It’s been dissected. Lot’s of other folks have opined a lot of things. What’s got me flummoxed […]

The Heart of Incarnational Seeing

December 14, 2013.Reading time 8 minutes.

My dear friend Frank Rahm posted this video on Facebook this morning, and it got me thinking… We preacher-types visit hospitals quite a lot. If we’re paying attention, they can be excellent places to practice paying close attention. All around you, every day at the hospital, the little dramas in this video are unfolding. When […]

What We Owe The Christmas Angels

December 15, 2012.Reading time 21 minutes.

We are still grieving. I am still grieving. It was around noon yesterday when I saw the news alert for this shooting come across my phone. I burst into tears. Twenty young children, the most innocent and helpless members of our society, cut down by what will most certainly be judged to be a mentally […]

Standing Up to Black Friday

November 19, 2012.Reading time 6 minutes.

If you know me at all, you know how obsessed I have become with the story of Jdmityai Damour, the Walmart employee who was tramped to death on Black Friday in 2008. For those who don’t know, a brief refresher. And then, a word about this year…ie, what’s happening, what I’m consider, for this Black […]

What If Christians Stopped ‘Saving’ America, and Started Loving It?

November 8, 2012.Reading time 13 minutes.

I mean that question pretty literally. Since Tuesday’s election, I’ve heard “public Christians” –those speaking on TV, radio, the media– talking about the horrible apocalypse that was unleashed Tuesday night, at the re-election of Barack Obama. For months and months now, in my North Dallas neighborhood, I’ve seen these yardsigns: They’re apparently from the Dallas […]

Is It Classist or Pharisaical to Oppose Black Friday?

November 25, 2011.Reading time 14 minutes.

For the second year in a row, my blog, “The Martyr of Black Friday,” is getting lots of attention. In fact, as of today, it officially becomes the third most-read blog I’ve ever written. I’m grateful that so many are resonating with the message that something must “give” regarding our consumerist society and the bastardization […]

Remembering Jdimtyai Damour

November 25, 2011.Reading time 2 minutes.

This is Jdimitai Damour. I am remembering him again this year, on Black Friday, as I have every year for the past several. If you are curious as to why, you can read about it here. It’s just been a few years since his death, at a Walmart store in New York, and even in […]