Today I went trespassing. On the journey I was heartbroken, frightened and still later, bizarrely inspired. I had just finished up with a productive but very long board meeting. I had been with my colleagues on the Western North Carolina Youth and Christian Education board, and we met for 8 hours. Mondays are never particularly great for me...

So yes, I am one of “those people” who believes that God still speaks using supernatural means. Because there seems to be as much peril as there is promise in this way, many Christians over the centuries have overreacted against abuses of “signs and wonders” (a former professor of mine was fond of saying “abuse always leads to no use)...