We witness a demonstration of love that speaks to the humility and self-sacrificing nature of who Jesus is at his very core .
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For Shepherds Who Are Facilitating Gender Inclusion, Remember to Talk About Jesus
No matter what complex question was thrown at him, Jesus remained laser-focused on love and redemption.
We All Want to Be Seen
If you walk into a pre-K classroom and tell one child you like their socks, within seconds you will have 15 four-year-olds all showing you their socks. We all want to be seen.
All of You is Welcome Here
To love is to invite each other to bring our full selves and all of our experiences to the relationship.
Why All Dogs Do Go to Heaven
When I was younger and thought I knew much more than I actually did, I thought it silly when people would talk about animals as if they had a divine spark to them.
The Uniform of the Enemy, the Heart of a Friend
After Jesus speaks to the people about loving their enemies and doing good to those who hate them, the first person we encounter is a centurion.
Jesus’s 12 Rules for Life (Part 2)
Treat people like they’re more than their body parts. Don’t be flaky. Practice being kind and loving even to people you think don’t deserve it. Don’t draw too much attention to yourself.
Weary (A Poem for the Perplexed in this Political Age)
Mankind. An oxymoron? A question? One part man, less parts kind, One wonders what peace there we can find …
Lessons Learned from My Dad
I invite you to share in some of the lessons I have learned from this man who in many ways has been a spiritual giant in my life.
The Fire of Suffering
Can there be love without suffering? Doesn’t love inevitably and always lead us to suffering?
Hate the Sin (Insert "Eye Roll" Here) but Love the Sinner
It sounds good on the surface, but it's actually difficult to explain how it works in real life.
Why Silence? It’s Inactive (Part 3)
This is healing at its deepest place in the human soul. We are powerless to create it, control it, cause it, or even manage it.
The Shape of Water and the Shape of the Church
There is a sort of madness in Christianity these days. And not just the fact that everyone seems to be mad.
“What Is Truth?”
The question hangs in the air because the answer will come not through the words of Jesus, but through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
When Insecurity Parades as Certainty
Our fear of being wrong leads us to the worst kind of wrongness—the kind that clusters and alienates.
The Women’s Issue
Churches have followed the few commands that silence women, but ignored the material that shows God intends for women to have complete involvement in every aspect of church life.
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 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.
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.
For Those We Cannot See - A Prayer
So today we pray that you help us see the people, the needs, beyond our vision;
blinded by privilege we cannot see, protected by the sheer grace of birth.