by Todd Kunkler | Nov 18, 2024 | 2024
Several years ago, while driving an elderly friend to an appointment, she turned to me with sadness in her voice and asked, “where do you think my husband is right now?” The man she had been married to for over 60 years had died several years earlier. Together, they...
by Todd Kunkler | Sep 9, 2024 | 2024
In September of 1973 I woke up one morning to a terrifying new reality. I had gone to sleep the night before with a question posed to me by my roommate Tom, “Just what is the ‘unforgivable sin’ that Jesus talks about?” Whereas my life up to that point had been fun and...
by Todd Kunkler | Aug 12, 2024 | 2024
I began writing this blog on January 17th, the day that many Christian traditions remember St. Anthony, the 4thCentury monk who sold all that he had and ventured into the Egyptian desert to live out his long life in solitude with God. His example had a profound...
by Todd Kunkler | Jul 29, 2024 | 2024
I just finished reading an article on Christianity Today’s website about yet another controversy within the Evangelical church. In considering whether a Christian should attend an LGBTQ wedding of a family member, a well-known pastor and radio Bible teacher – who...
by Todd Kunkler | May 6, 2024 | 2024
“The Christian church is in decline!” We see this headline everywhere, from the The New York Times to The Atlantic. We’re told about the rise in “nones” particularly within the Millennials and Gen-Xers. Many of us have grieved over our own sons and daughters walking...
