Restoring Relationship New Year's Day 2023
2022 was a pretty good year for me, but like all years, it had its challenges. For me, the most prominent struggle was with a […]
Stories of Water
I found this piece I wrote years ago and didn’t put it on my blog. I thought I’d publish it here as it is still […]
Desert Seasons: Rest, Refreshment, Relationship
We’ve all been through hard seasons. Sometimes those are just dry spells other times severe droughts. Sometimes they are of our own making, but often […]
Sanctification as a Journey and a Conversation: Iron Sharpens Iron
I have been thinking through a lot of questions lately. Are we no longer a society that can agree to disagree? Can we respect a […]
Personal Doctrine
I was raised in a United Methodist Church, but I haven’t attended one in many years. I went through my searching phase in college, and […]
The Beautiful Oxymoron of the Gospel
This week, a number of prominent evangelic Christian leaders released a signed statement of faith that addressed their beliefs on the role of social justice […]
Anēr heis gynē: Handicapping the Kingdom
The 2011 hit movie Soul Surfer tells the true story of Bethany Hamilton, who survives the traumatic amputation of her arm in a shark attack. […]
Room at the Church Table (Part 1)
Sometimes, when you start writing, your piece takes on a life of itself. That’s what happened here. What started out completely different, stirred up some […]
A Mile Wide: A book review (of sorts)
Thirty years ago, I gave my life to Jesus. I was just 13 years old. Growing up in a Christian home, I had attended church […]
A Little Bible Math
Time for a little math. I have just completed writing out the book of Mathew. In my paper Bible the book of Matthew covers 32 […]