Last October, I posted the following tweet, in which I used the term “deaf and dumb” in proximity with being cognitively impaired: One of my followers, Lucy Crabtree, sent me a kind private message in response. She informed me of how the phrase has been used historically. She also explained why it can be offensive…
Author: Eric Schumacher
How Do You Like Your Conflict—Rare or Well Done?
“Well, at least this sort of thing is rare,” a friend remarked after a conflict that went south. My mind (which, if illustrated, would look a bit like a conspiracy theorist’s wall with pieces of string connecting a thousand unrelated newspaper clippings and excerpts from The Catcher in the Rye) immediately associated “rare” with steak….
#DearPastor: Is Jesus the True and Better Woman?
It’s early Tuesday morning. You shuffle into your study at the church, turn on the coffee maker, and open your laptop. While the coffee brews, you open your email to find a subject line that says “Is Jesus the True and Better Woman?” You open the message. It reads:
Suspecting Gillette: The Best the Church Can Get?
Gillette recently released a commercial, “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be,” addressing the #MeToo movement. It calls men to something better than misogyny, bullying, sexual harassment, and the objectifying of women. It encourages men to use their strength and influence to protect the weak, to treat other human beings with dignity and value, and…
My 2018 Book of the Year
I’m not a voluminous reader, mostly because I’m a slow reader. I plod through books. I’m not a great book reviewer by any stretch of the imagination. I don’t know that I’ve ever posted a “favorite book of the year” before. But this year, a late arrival emerged as a clear favorite.