New Podcast!

Hey blog readers. I’ve started a new podcast reading classic short stories to help you fall asleep. “Doctors agree; listening to Uncle Scott Reads is the equivalent of taking 6mg of Melatonin.” WARNING: Do not listen while driving or operating heavy machinery. New episodes being added every week. Stop back each Monday to see what…

A Theology of Loitering

My friend Tim Ignacio (pictured above) moved into a slum community in the Philippines in his quest to follow Jesus. In the process, he discovered Jesus did a lot of loitering. I asked Tim to jot down his thoughts for my blog. Thanks Tim! What comes to mind when you hear the word “loitering”? In…

Another World is Possible

The number of poor has narrowed while the gap between them and the rich has widened. We’ve purchased more guns for protection yet witnessed more homicides. Freedom is our highest value yet we incarcerate more people than anyone else. We have better information yet promote more outlandish conspiracies. We have more friends and followers yet…

The Fault in our Discipleship

Hate crimes perpetrated by fellow Christians. The recent attacks in Atlanta committed by a young Evangelical. Christian insurrectionists storming the capitol. These incidents and others have stirred me to evaluate my own ministry as a full time Christian worker. How has my theology, my discipleship or my service to Christians allowed these things to exist…