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Symbols and Puny Gods

About a month ago, I was struck by an article about changes Facebook was making to its "glyph kit", a collection of symbols designed to convey words or meanings, much like ancient hieroglyphics, thus the abbreviated term "glyph". Apparently, one of their designers, a woman, was examining the images in the glyph kit and came upon a disturbing discovery:

Much to my dismay, not long into my tenure as a Facebook designer I found something in the company glyph kit worth getting upset about. There...

What Has to Break Before We’ll Talk?

I recently read and shared an article by Townhall.com contributor and conservative blogger and activist John Hawkins, who was disturbed by the nation's inability to talk about race in a respectful way:

It's very difficult to discuss racial issues in America because every conversation tends to devolve down into some hostile version of, "That's racist" vs. "No, it's not" -- and nothing ever gets accomplished. In an attempt to try something a little different, I reached out to some friends…They...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Reconciliation

I wrote recently about how the Lord has been taking me through a season of change using a variety of events, both personal and external, to point me toward the conclusion that, while I thought I was placing Him first in my life, I was wrong and still had a distance to go. I shared how truly putting him first meant letting go of some idols to which I subconsciously still cleaved, and that doing so had liberated me to receive who I am in Christ and what He would have me do with the rest of my l...

How’s that Conversation Working Out for You?

Back in 2009, newly installed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder created a stir, one of many to come, with his first speech after assuming the office, a commemoration of Black History Month. His provocative declaration sparked a lot of debate and discussion, and it was the eventual jumping off point for my book, a memoir and collection of personal thoughts on black/white race relations in America:

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we ha...

Stoner Nation

A while back, I wrote an article about how we were rapidly turning into the society portrayed in the science fiction classic Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, where sex is casual, uncommitted, and strictly for pleasure, where marriage, parenthood and family are such outdated concepts they're considered obscene, where conspicuous consumption is encouraged, where entertainment overloads our cognition and overstimulates our senses and, if all else fails to amuse, where you can dull your mind to...