Faith on View

To those who knock

In this dusk long exposure image taken in De Queen, AK, several old buildings with brick facades sit on the side of a street with streaked headlights of cars on the roads.

It was May of 2014 and I was staying Memorial Day weekend at All Saints of America Orthodox Church in De Queen, AR. I woke up early Saturday morning to take a day trip. I …

Grandfather clocks and mantle clocks of various colors and sizes are arranged all together in a darker room.

One hour, twenty minutes. That’s how long Hugo Tale-Yax lay on a sidewalk in New York, in front of shops and businesses, in the path of passersby. One hour, twenty minutes during which dozens of …

Asa Hutchinson, Bill Clinton and questions In 2014, I was a pastor at a small nondenominational church in Jonesboro, Arkansas. One afternoon, I decided to get a quick haircut at a place called Sportsclips. I …

The chapel entrance with massive wooden doors and red brick and white stone entrance of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Cleveland, TN is seen from the sidewalk and through the historic wrought iron sidewalk gate. The iron cross adorong the top of the gate is in focus and centered in the frame.

This past Saturday, May 6th, at 3:30 p.m., at the Allen (TX) Premium Outlet Mall, a thirty-three-year-old man wearing tactical gear exited his silver vehicle and began firing his AR-15-style rifle at everyone in sight. …

A small pink wild flower, a fleabane daisy, is shown in with it's yellow center in focus and a couple of buds arranged diagonally under the flower.

The text in the book of Esther may be rarely encountered and unfamiliar to our ears, but the relevance of this book to our modern world should not be overlooked. In the book, we are …

I had an academic project where I looked at images of Jesus, specifically five evangelical Christs, and discussed how they reflect evangelical beliefs. This essay is an adaptation of that research. Evangelicalism is not a …

A painting shows Christian martyrs all together in a group with the backdrop of a Roman coliseum.

In 2016, then-future President Donald John Trump gave a speech in Sioux Center, Iowa, that would define not only his presidential campaign but the next four years of his time in office. He could shoot …

Ocean waves are shown sliding back into off of sand with the newly soaked sand reflecting the pink sunset light.

It’s not every day that one has an honest-to-goodness “white Jesus” sighting. During a recent visit to Boise, Idaho, I saw one walk into Chick-fil-A wearing Crocs. Some of my students and I were eating …

An old looking stamp image with a book and pen and a banner talking about freedom in America.

I had a pastor friend who at one time I considered to be a mentor. Sadly, he proved to be a disappointment both as a friend and as a mentor. I remember as a very …

A trilobite fossil is shown in an off white rock.

“Can you tell me what kind it is?” A rock, thrust in my face by my keen-eyed daughter, looked like the kind of shale we’d been examining for the better part of an hour. The …