He Calls When He’s In Trouble
Family. It’s taken me years (lots of them) to truly appreciate the bond that blood holds. Only as I get a bit older and a bit spiritually softer do I understand the truth of blood being thicker than...
View ArticleBearing With One Another In Love
“I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit...
View ArticleBe Kind To The Cynics
It’s no great secret that the last few years I’ve been wrestling with the demons of doubt, depression, and the general human condition. I’ve been carrying my cross through a road littered with...
View ArticleWhy Is Apologizing So Hard?
It’s funny how quickly you can go from such a good place to a grimy, pride-filled placed dripping with indignation and hurt feelings. Last night I had a wonderful evening with Canadian friends....
View ArticleI’ve Been Careless
I’ve written some things this summer that have deeply hurt others. I was just stupid enough to think a blanket of anonymity would protect everyone, both them and me. I was wrong and there have been...
View ArticleFive Minutes Of Grace
Grace. Patience. Those are the things I’m meditating on as we settle back into the deep south. I’m over my angry phase. I think. I hope. And in it’s place I’m praying and reaching out for a covering...
View ArticleI’m a Jesus Feminist Because Common Sense
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women Sarah Bessey’s fantastic new book, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women, has finally released (!) and...
View ArticleReconciliation, Conflict, and All That Jazz
Damned if I do and damned if I don’t. Some days it feel that way. One day last week did. When you walk this fence in Christianity between liberal and conservative – you know, this place of middle...
View ArticleThe Art of Adjusting
No matter how far we wander our roots occasionally yank us back here to the swamps and the slash pine and the fire ants. It feels a little round peg – square hole, every time. I’ll think I’m prepared...
View ArticleRedefining Success
At our small group recently we watched the Louie Giglio video How Great is our God. I’m usually pretty critical of most sermons or glorified motivational speeches. But I did enjoy my perspective of...
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