Shawn McEvoy

I wish we had real forums anymore. Real, live places for real debate, policy and change. ‘Social media’ is so fake and ineffective. We get likes from the choir we preach to and those outside our ideological congregations just scroll on by, roll their eyes, or block us.But aren’t you tired of mourning students and teachers? Grocery shoppers? Concert attendees? Nightclub visitors? Not to mention synagogue and churchgoers? Aren’t you tired of wondering if your kids are next, of offers to exacerbate…

Does Christmas thrill you? Why or why not?

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. - Charles M. Schulz I’m a 47-year-old American Christian male with two kids in “the sweet spot,” a lovely wife, and a major crush on Christmas. So I don’t know much anymore, but I do know...

The Holy Spirit had been poured out at Pentecost, and I’ve always found it fascinating that its effects could be mistaken for less holier spirits...

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While few other words carry the same potential for dismissive rudeness, no other word holds the same potential for all-out surrender and steadfast faith.

Traveling Merciesby Shawn McEvoyYou will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day. - Psalm 91:5With Memorial Day weekend’s arrival, summer travel season has begun, so I’ve been reminiscing upon all the times the Lord has watched out for me on the road through all my journeys. Here are just a few examples:When I helped my wife - before she was my wife - move from Columbia, South Carolina to Farmville, Virginia, we rented an auto transport to trail her car behind the…

What gift have you been entrusted with that you are still just playing with? Or hiding? Or wasting?

Men & Christian Friendship: It Won’t Just Happen on its Ownby Shawn McEvoyA friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.- Proverbs 17:17, NLTI own many books, but the ones I reference often I keep above my desk at work. One of these is a 1983 edition of David W. Smith’s The Friendless American Male. It’s a title that, sadly, has only grown more accurate in the last three decades, its content more applicable. Men, especially us hard-working, married-with-childre…

Jesus is the way, He is life, and the only hope we have to avoid a hellish eternity.

Christianity.com editor Shawn McEvoy examines those events that make us go: ''Hmmm, God cares about even the little things in life.'' Is the bigger surprise the miracle itself, or that we get so surprised by it?