I remember several years ago when I volunteered for an organization called BeHIV at Chicago’s Market Days. BeHIV was an organization which supported those with HIV with testing and services. Market Days is another Gay Pride event. I remember seeing a guy parade around shirtless carrying a sign during the

We are in desperate need of something. We desperately want something. The Bible says Jesus told His disciples, “Ask and it shall be given, seek and you will find, knock and it shall be opened” (Matthew 7:7-11). But things rarely work that way, it seems. We do not get what

Wow, the last two weeks in the United States have been disappointing. When I heard that Sleepy Joe was being called, “The President-Elect” I was really upset. So many Christian people had prophesized on TV and other places that Donald Trump was going to win. I had my hopes and

Dr. Carlos[CL1]  Lonberger is Director of Graduate Programs in the School of Theology and Christian Ministry for Olivet Nazarene University, a major Christian university in the Midwest.  He is also the director of Church Relations for Olivet.  This later position means he is in direct contact with most of the

I am a former student of the University of Chicago. Actually, what I mean is that I have read a magazine in a Starbucks on the University of Chicago campus. When I was there, I went to the campus bookstore. I was searching for a men’s room and I asked

Waaaay back in 1992, John Gray put out a book called Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want From Relationships. For many people, it was a revolutionary book. Many men thought that women think like men do and

This is not an attempt to equate the Lord with America. America needs the Lord, not the other way around.  It has always been this publication’s goal to help people to remember that. Ronald Reagan knew that when he said: “I believe with all my heart that standing up for

I have recently found a Samuel L. Jackson meme that actually made me laugh. It was a meme from Pulp Fiction regarding the, “Mmm-mh now thats a tasty beverage” line from the movie. For some reason, it made me think about another thing that Jules said. He told his partner,

I know a lot about bullies. I have had to contend with them all my life. When I was a kid there were two different kids at one bus-stop who regularly picked on me.  In Boy Scouts there were bullies. There was one guy named Forest (I would have called

A Prayer for Owen Meaney (1990) by John Irving is one of the best books ever written, as per my humble opinion. I read it many, many years ago and it still sticks with me. On the dedication page, Mr. Irving included two quotes that have made a large difference