Mike Wittmer

What I think. What I know. What I think I know.

  • the home team

    I live in Ada, Michigan, the hometown of a successful business which is celebrating its golden anniversary this week.  I don’t want to say out loud what the business is, but if you are free this evening, I’d like to stop by after my softball game and tell you about a terrific opportunity for you…

  • adoption option

    Last weekend I watched Slumdog Millionaire on Saturday, learned about my church’s new ministry to orphans on Sunday, and began reading Russell Moore’s new book, Adopted for Life, on Monday.  So I’ve been thinking a lot about adoption this week.  Should Christian families seek to adopt a child?  Are we being selfish if we don’t?…

  • all in the family

    I did manage to take a break from grading exams last week to join Christians in Traverse City for the National Day of Prayer.  I had a wonderful time with the good people there, and visiting Traverse City in May reminded me just how beautiful Michigan is in the summer.  We easily have the best beaches and…

  • ma, throw on some clothes, there’s gonna be a tour!

    Thanks to Zach for reminding me to remind you about the DSB blog tour going on today.  So forget about our half naked Christian celebrity (evangelical Esther) and read what others are saying about my favorite book of the year.  I’ve had fun visiting the sites (for a complete list see http://www.tinyurl.com/dsbblogtour).  Zach has a terrific sketch of me…

  • an evangelical Esther?

    I have been offline for the past week, grading a couple hundred final exams and papers.  It’s exhilarating, and there are always a few surprises.  For instance, in Systematic Theology 2 I emphasized that nobody believes anymore that humans are composed of three distinct parts, body, soul, and spirit, except perhaps in some poorly rated…

  • the tour that doesn’t really take you anywhere

    I try to avoid overtly promoting my books on this blog (he wrote beneath the banner of “Don’t Stop Believing”)–at least in my posts, but some of you may want to join a blog tour on next Tuesday, May 12.  All you need is a blog and a willingness to say something that day about…

  • drops like stars

    No, this isn’t about Rob Bell’s new tour, but something much more important:  Lebron James and Cleveland sports.  I just finished reading how Lebron accepted his MVP trophy at his high school in Akron, Ohio, about a half hour from my hometown.  It’s the feel good story of the week–way better than the frumpy lady on Britain’s…

  • my favorite worship song

    Many of you know that the church needs new music that is theologically sound (i.e., non-Platonic) and musically interesting.  I first sang this song at Tullian Tchividian’s church’s men’s retreat last September.  I loved it then, and was reminded of it when we sang it again at the women’s retreat last week.  And now that…

  • not everything must change

    Last week I received a mass email from Brian McLaren regarding his “Everything Must Change” tour, in which he lamented that “many if not most Christians in the US remain focused on” their “intramural religious debates” rather than the global crises confronting our world.  He wrote:  “In one Q & A session after another since…

  • the swine flu and you

    Here’s hoping it doesn’t come to this, but Martin Luther offers some timely advice in his open letter, Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague.  The Bubonic Plague came to Wittenberg in 1527, and Luther responded by closing the university and sending his students home.    When concerned citizens asked how Christians should act…