to my youngest daughter…
It is a privilege to be Caroline’s dad and to walk with her in this life. Each of you have had a part in Caroline’s life- molding her and shaping her into the person she is. And this is just the...
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Our awe of the cosmic Christ who has reconciled the entire cosmos, including precious humanity, is significantly lacking and has been replaced by a very casual “Jesus is my bro” attitude.
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Spiritual transformation... being made new... is a process. It is a daily walk of letting go and receiving, of dying and coming to life, of the edges being knocked off and refined into something new......
View ArticleRediscovering the Word Evangelical
There is a beautiful word, an elegant descriptor, that has been maligned, tarnished, lampooned, distorted, and completely misunderstood. It is a name many have abandoned for all of it’s negative...
View ArticleA Prayer of Reconciliation to the World
Somehow I forgot to post this when it was written in 2010. Of course it seems as relevant now as it did then. This piece is an excerpt from my 2010 book Unearthed: How Discovering the Kingdom of God...
View ArticleForgiving the Guy Who Stole My Stuff
My car was broken into last week. I don’t know if you have ever had anything stolen from you… but man it stinks. Debit card. Credit cards. Driver’s license. Cash. Cell Phone. iPad. All taken....
View ArticleThe World Would Be a Better Place If We All Died
I was watching a reality television show last night in which the contestant, who had been stranded on an island all by herself said, “Being in solitude for ten days makes you realize what things you...
View ArticleIf Death is Not the End
My grandma died when she was 62 and that was way too early. Our rides in her beat up old red car that we lovingly referred to as “the Klunker,” our hot summer evenings talking on her front porch, and...
View ArticleBreaking Free of Religion
Let’s just start with this. If you are a person who identifies as a Christian, but who constantly feels the burden of religious expectation, the weight of following all the rules in order to be a “Good...
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