The world seems to be tearing itself apart these days, and even the smallest act of creativity is needed. Good luck out there.
All in Discipleship
Shifting Focus (Part 2)
In our desire to avoid pain, we essentially create pain for others. It’s a dreadfully powerful cycle and we are scarily and impressively loyal to it.
The Haze of Love
Our biggest strength is that we trudge about in a world filled with darkness and death and decay and desperately try to love.
A Litany for Those in Pain
O Jesus, man of sorrows and suffering, hear me.
From the desire of being known,
deliver me, Jesus.
A Light in the Darkness
All of them need a little light in the midst of the darkness. I want nothing more than to bring a little light into the darkness.
A Tale of Two Trees
Christmas is when we recall that the King was born, and reigns forever more, and that the arrival of Christ signaled the expiration date on all other kingdoms.
How Are You and Your Dreams Getting Along this Advent?
Jesus needs people who are willing to imagine a different future, and step out on faith. Jesus needs dreamers in his life. Always has.
The Way of Salvation: An Advent Reflection
Salvation is a way; along that path the very character of God is sprouting up—love, faithfulness, righteousness, and peace.
Arguing with Brené
Brené Brown and her writing on vulnerability and shame have made waves throughout the West as millions are finding help and healing in her work.
Shifting Focus
Many times I pray for God to let me see people through his eyes, and every once in a while I allow that to happen.
The Spirituality of Tomato Soup
It is simple moments that foster reverence in the human heart as we begin to know God through the “ordinary” tasks of daily life.
A Letter from God
Dear one, that star, burning far in the distance, reminds me of you. I knew you would be here, so I modeled its interstellar dance after your fire and passion.
How Do You Catch a Wave Upon the Sand?
Every great spiritual teacher has instructed their students to practice this way of praying on a daily basis.
Where Everybody Knows Your Shame
Perhaps we need to look on those in jail with more humility and grace, as God looks on us sinners.
Analysis Paralysis and Burnout: When Loving Our Neighbors is Exhausting
I believe we were created to know and love those who are different from us.
It Won’t Always Be This Way
The little control we have over things is simply how open and receptive we are to the changes that come our way.
Humbling Ourselves for the One Who Humbled Himself
It’s easy to fall into a judgmental approach toward groups like the scribes and the Pharisees. Could some of the criticism Jesus levels at them could be just as easily leveled at me?
Pulling a Tooth and Spiritual Healing
Then healing happens. God forgives, heals the wounds, and provides what is needed for a new and healthy life in him.
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye
Holding on even though God has something else in store for me would only delay the move of God happening in my life and the lives of others.
Proving God
I no longer believe that the burden is on my shoulders to prove scientifically that God exists. Rather, I believe it is my burden (and joy) to show that God exists by the way I live my life.