The Schooley Files

In evangelicalism, we have a bit of a weird tradition. I've heard special speakers in church and read books that follow this pattern. S...

     (Apologies to Don McLean) A long, long time ago I can still remember how Facebook would make me smile And I hoped I could find a way Th...

The following post is excerpted from the chapter, "The Purpose of Marriage," in my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of G...

Little did I know back in 2013, when I wrote a brief review of Building a Discipling Culture by Mike Breen, that it would spark such a resp...

One of the frequent arguments against the existence of Santa Claus is the question, "How could he possibly make it to every home throug...

The following post is excerpted from the chapter, "Prepare for Chaos," in my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. We al...

I grew up watching All in the Family. (Yes, I'm that old.) All in the Family was an American sitcom that aired in the 1970s. It revo...

About a year and a half ago, I published a book review on Mike Breen's book, Building a Discipling Culture. This was in response to my ...

The following post is adapted from the chapter, "Sexuality," from my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God.  Check out Pa...

The following post is adapted from the chapter, "Sexuality," from my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. On the evenin...

The following post is excerpted from the chapter, "Finding the Right One" in my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God . T...

For all you post-Evangelicals out there, Matthew Milliner writes an engaging piece on First Things entitled "All I Really Need to Know ...

There is really some excuse for the man who said, "I wish they'd remember that the charge to Peter was Feed my sheep; not Try exp...

I'm happy to report that my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God , is now available for the Apple universe on iTunes , as well ...

I've collected a series of four posts on the so-called "fivefold" ministries of Ephesians 4:11 into one paper on the Studies p...

Shiela over on To Love, Honor, and Vacuum has a very thoughtful, carefully-considered post entitled, "Why I'm Anti-Divorce and Pro...

Those of us who grew up in the church are familiar with the story of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah. After fleeing for his life from his brother Es...

Every year people trot out the same observations about Christmas. It's not so much the observations themselves I object to, but the air ...

This post is adapted from a chapter of my upcoming book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. Cecile and I decided, even before we g...

This is a first draft of the first chapter of my upcoming book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. Enjoy! Cecile and I first met duri...