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June 2020

June 22, 2020

If You Feel Hopeless Then, Watch This Movie Trailer

"I guarantee you that at some point everything is going to go south on you......

August 2018

August 15, 2018

How David Defeated Goliath…

You cannot defeat Goliath if you choose to never face your giants... Time Doesn't Slow...

July 2018

July 03, 2018

Redefining the Fourth of July

The Year of Redefining the Fourth of July Whenever I see a truck driving around...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

The Cost of Avoiding Pain or, Not Risking Joy

Joy is not the absence of pain; it’s the presence of meaning and intimacy [regardless...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

Breaking the Cycle of a Toxic and Meaningless Negativity

Having been in and out of both progressive and conservative circles, communities, schools, and churches...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

When Congregants Have to Pastor the Pastors

Years ago I heard a story of a pastor who lost his faith. I’ve heard...

January 2018

January 08, 2018

The Struggle of Calling People Into Spaces that Don’t Welcome the Marginalized

TL;DR This year a group of my friends decided to spend Christmas together. We're a very...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

What Jesus Meant When He Told the Disciples They Can Move Mountains With Faith As Small As a Mustard Seed

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

The Cost of Joy: “But We Rejoice in Our Sufferings…”

Joy is not the absence of pain; it’s the presence of meaning and intimacy [regardless...

April 24, 2017

“But We Rejoice in Our Sufferings…”

Just keepin' it real, but, the past two years, life has just completely and utterly...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

When You’re Failing at Life #Adulting

I've been pissed at myself as of late. You see, I'm a grown ass man, and...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

A Simple Method to Resolve an Argument

[Illustrated by Kadriya Khayrutdinova. Edit suggestions by Anne Diebel.] Every time, in the heat of...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

Which Jesus?

Which Jesus have you chosen to follow? The predominantly taught American Jesus or the Jesus...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Keep Going

To follow Jesus is to commit to everything and anything that goes against “being careful”. ...

September 2013

September 04, 2013

Following Jesus

“So like, how much longer do we have?” I asked Andrew, in my best stoner-esque...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

With Everything

It's crazy to think that it's been over two years, since I left the pastorate....

August 09, 2013

Giving Up On God

I threw the towel in this summer… I quit. I had had enough of God....

July 2013

July 31, 2013

C.S. Lewis

"Are not all lifelong friendships born at the moment when at last you meet another...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Erwin McManus Quotes – On Being Irreligious, FOCUS ON LOVE NOT LAW!

So many times our generation [millennials], or even those who no longer adhere to the...

June 21, 2013

Hope

It's kind of crazy how life can change in a blink of an eye. An...

January 2013

January 16, 2013

Chosen.

Full Disclosure: My mother was 19 when she gave birth to me. My dad unknown....

April 2012

April 18, 2012

Perspective

“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

The Bible… Ugh…

For the past couple of weeks it’s almost as if my bible has been glaring...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

Weight, Regret, and Shame.

I was driving in the car listening to some tunes, when a voice in my...

December 17, 2011

That’s My King…

As the season is coming along, and we get trapped in the busyness, and sick...