My Grief, Observed
As I write this, it’s been a month, to the day—nearly minute—that my father passed away. Last night, I dreamed about the evening he died. I think that makes two times in the last week. It wasn’t an...
View ArticleWhen Just Getting Out of Bed is Enough
I never expected what losing my dad would do to me. Some days, I don’t want to pull the covers off. Some days, I don’t want to talk to anyone. Some days, I simply want to watch television, scrolling...
View ArticleFaith Isn’t “Just Believing” the Bible
A few Easters ago, I lectured on the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. At the end of my talk, a woman chastised me in front of the group. “It doesn’t matter what theologians, scholars, or logic...
View ArticleHow a Nostalgic Jesus Freak Learned to Love Growing up in the Church
If you grew up in a Christian home during the last thirty years, you’re a member of an exclusive clique. You lived through McGee and Me’s tornado episode, survived a youth group game that required...
View ArticleMy New Book is Now Available for Pre-Order
I don’t even want to calculate how many days it’s been since I’ve last blogged—let alone blogged regularly. If you used to follow Wadebearden.com, you might have wondered where I disappeared to. Well,...
View ArticleOur Great Heroes of the Faith May Be the Ones Who Don’t See Miracles
It smelled like it did twenty-three years ago—stagnant moisture combined with diluted soil and grass. The familiar scent enveloped me like a tiny cloud as I knelt in Mom’s closet, using a chalky razor...
View ArticleThe Best Books I Read in 2018
I spent most of 2017 and 2018 writing. I published Failing Faith last year and got about a third of the way through a new book this year. Sadly, writing always seems to distract me from one of my other...
View ArticleThinking With Humility
Alan Jacobs set up a splendid newsletter that delivers tiny, little presents to my inbox each week (you can sign up for it here). His latest email included a link to a piece by John Timmer called...
View ArticleKnowing People Before We Teach Them
In last week’s “The Best Books I read in 2018” blog, I mentioned Kate Bowler’s book Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved as one of my favorites of the year. The book moves so...
View ArticleWorking with Your Body’s Natural Rhythms: Daniel Pink’s When
At work, our team is reading Daniel H. Pink’s book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. Pink believes timing is just as important as intelligence and personality. If we learn to master the...
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