By T. R. Robertson I’ve decided to stop being the church curmudgeon. In my teens and 20s I was an idealist through and through. Older people told me this would wear off eventually. It didn’t. Instead it was gradually transformed into cynicism as my hopes dimmed of seeing my ideals become reality. Time after […]
By T. R. Robertson When my boys were young we loved to read the comic strips in the newspaper. Our favorite was Calvin and Hobbes, featuring a boy named Calvin and his stuffed-tiger friend. Calvin’s imagination knew no bounds, and our imaginations were fired up by reading about his adventures. Sometimes he would turn […]
By T.R. Robertson I wonder as I wander out under the sky, How Jesus the Savior did come for to die. For poor ornery people like you and like I. I wonder as I wander out under the sky. (traditional Appalachian Christmas carol) I sometimes wonder as I wander just what anguish Jesus […]
By T. R. Robertson Christians in 21st century America have a reputation for being easily offended. Unfortunately, we’ve done a lot to earn it. Even worse, our thin-skinned approach to life is weakening our witness. Does our hyper-sensitivity achieve the purposes of God? Or does it actually hinder rather than further his mission? Read […]
By T.R. Robertson In 2007 I travelled to Mexico on a mission trip with a group of college students. Our task that week was to complete several construction tasks for a small church in a rural village. I discovered that week just how soft I had allowed myself to become in the years since […]
