Current Events Monday: Simone Biles and the National Conversation about Mental Health
Simone Biles’s withdrawal from some Olympic events certainly ratcheted up some cultural conflict in America last week! From reading...
Current Events Monday: Virtual Church–Is It the Way of the Future?
Some people use a popularly nebulous term these days called “Big Tech.” If I understand it correctly, Big Tech usually refers to a...
Current Events Monday: Bruises into Blessings
A wonderful pastor friend of mine says, “God can turn our bruises into blessings.” Such an encouraging statement coincides with the...
Does God Truly Reign?
Psalm 47 highlights something called the “sovereignty of God.” God’s sovereignty has to do with God’s power over and through...
Current Events Monday: Would Jesus be High Tech?
The Austin American Statesmen gave front page space to the thriving and growing tech sector of our city. Nearly twenty percent of all jobs...
Current Events Monday: Processing Recent Violence in Austin
Fourteen people were wounded—one of whom died—in a senseless shooting early Saturday morning on Sixth Street (Austin mass shooting: 1...
Current Events Monday: Responding to Mental Health Crises
Events both at home and abroad over the past weekend reminded us of an ongoing crisis in our society concerning mental health and public...
Current Events Monday: While You Were Sleeping
Luis Balderas Garcia took the ride of his life yesterday, and he slept right through it. After leaving an Austin club early Sunday morning,...
Current Events Monday: The Middle East Conflict
Our regular Monday Devotional has been revamped as “Current Events Monday.” Each week we will examine critically and theologically an...