in the wind | 17 favorite posts from 2014

A selection of most-read and most-important-to-me posts from the year just passed.

Christmas Memory | if my father is a...

OK, so I'm paying more for health coverage each month (sort of)

the new apostles creed | what orthodox Christians have always believed

...and that's when it occurred to him... | the Bible

waiting for the end | a poem before Easter

we've seen worse | John Green on myths of doom

sophisticated innocents iii | a small idea from Raising Adults

all weather is local | three maps that have nothing — and everything — to do with youth work

easy lessons from other people's pain

Gospel Stew | letter from a new Christian

MINO vs CINO | Do you believe everyone who claims to be a Muslim is, in fact, a Muslim?

nothing inevitable | on choosing to vote for the common good

You will know the truth and the truth will make you flinch before it sets you free | thoughts on torture as an American policy

God help us | Letter to Mr. Lord re: 10-year Priorities, 2005-2014

from Erica Lafferty, whose mom was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary | via Everytown.org

rage against the rage against the machine | Jon Stewart gives Andrew Hawkins the final word

On White Privilege