Follow your dream. Write your story. Live an epic life. I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it. This has long been the fodder of daytime talk shows and popular self-help books, but when did Christians start talking like this? When did we create conferences, ministries and enterprises out of teaching people to discover their dreams and craft their lives in the pursuit of them? This was not how the people of God used to make sense of their lives and of their purpose. Nehemiah sat and

Today is All Saints’ Day. I used to never think of it that way. It was just the day that Starbucks brings out their red cups. Besides, I, like most Evangelicals, am a little uncomfortable with the idea of saints. After all, nobody’s perfect, right? Right. But here’s the thing: we can’t help but look for people to inspire us, to show us what it looks like to follow Jesus and embrace His Kingdom here and now. So much has been written about our obsession with Christian celebriti