Red Letter Christians

1 min read 2021-11-25 02:17:20

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Editor’s note: this piece first appeared on the RLC blog in Nov. 2020. For many (most? all?) of us here in America, today is a lot of things.

1 min read 2021-11-25 00:11:45

Over fifteen years ago, the Lord opened another ministry door for me: caregiving. Caregivers (or home care workers) provide the skilled,

1 min read 2021-11-24 00:44:13

Julius Darius Jones is alive! Just hours before Jones’ scheduled execution on Thursday (Nov. 18), Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted

1 min read 2021-11-17 21:41:37

Last week, The Gospel Coalition published a piece by Joshua Ryan Butler on the reasons people deconstruct their faith. In it, Butler claimed that

1 min read 2021-11-16 00:28:33

If you listen to certain politicians and pundits on certain network news shows, you are left with the impression that communities along the US-Mexico

1 min read 2021-11-10 21:47:34

Like many of us perhaps, I frequently encounter a steady stream of conspiracy theories about those among us who “don’t deserve to live.” The

1 min read 2021-11-10 21:11:42

My lifelong friend died of ovarian cancer in June. She battled for years, and all I could do was watch from out of state and check-in by phone. And

1 min read 2021-11-09 21:26:08

There is an episode of the hit TV show New Girl in which the main character, Jess, decides to embrace her newfound singleness by starting a Singles

1 min read 2021-11-02 19:47:04

I’ve never been a very good gardener. In all my efforts to have a beautiful, full garden, I often end up with half a crop at best. Some vegetables

1 min read 2021-11-02 01:10:01

I used to think I was losing my faith, but now I think I’ve actually been growing it deeper all along. If that statement is relatable, this

1 min read 2021-10-28 23:15:26

When my mother went to England two decades ago, she came back with a framed illustration of the Prayer of Saint Francis, which still hangs in her

1 min read 2021-10-28 00:47:51

The USA is a very strange place when you think about it. We, like every nation perhaps, define ourselves by our faith and our national history. These

1 min read 2021-10-21 10:40:06

I was haunted not only by the shock of the images of Haitian refugees on our borders; I remain haunted by their familiarity. Armed officers on

1 min read 2021-10-18 19:54:03

I grieve for all that has been lost and ruined as I bear witness to this time of fear and anger and division. I grieve for repetitive sin, for the

1 min read 2021-10-15 22:09:04

Several years ago, my spouse Kevin and I set off for Denver to help our kids move. Normally we take our car, outfitted to handle the Rockies in any