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January 2023

January 25, 2023

Do You Complain Too Much?

Our categories of fun, happy, interesting, entertaining, and worthy are always a little bit warped...

November 2022

November 23, 2022

Communion Is Thanksgiving

Ask a bunch of Protestants what Holy Communion means, and they’re likely to respond with...

November 17, 2022

How Do You Know When It’s Time to Move on from a Ministry Position?

Befriend uncertainty as the grace of the living God.

November 12, 2022

Ministry Burnout and the Love of Christ

Pastoral burnout isn’t primarily about overwork, and it can’t be addressed by taking a break...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

Questioning Prayer, Questing Prayer

I find myself doing less catapulting requests at heaven and more wondering and waiting.

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Fasting, Feasting, and Grace

Although fasting is a spiritual discipline, it’s first a grace.

January 2022

January 11, 2022

Announcing My New Book! – The Hunger Inside

I'm excited to announce my new book: The Hunger Inside: How the Meal Jesus Gave Transforms...

January 06, 2022

Become your best self! (Not really.)

Jesus calls us to give up our lives, not improve upon them.

December 2021

December 31, 2021

A Prayer for Success in The New Year

As we live and move and have our being in him, our lives—and thus our...

December 18, 2021

The Lord Be with You

Jesus of Nazareth is Adam of Eden, redux and restored, God collapsing the jagged space...

November 2021

November 02, 2021

Signs of Life on All Saints

Jesus shows up again and again, pegging our lives to a presence running deeper than...

September 2021

September 09, 2021

On Picking Raspberries Slowly

To hurry is not to live truly and well. The desperate life is not the good...

August 2021

August 01, 2021

Advice for Christian Writers – Write the Little Gifts

“Daily life is a continual and increasing revelation of God.” - Thomas Keating

July 2021

July 08, 2021

Guard Your Heart

A true heart, one being molded in the image of Christ, is a powerful thing.

July 01, 2021

Advice for Christian Writers – Write from Your Spiritual Center

Prayer begins with paying attention to ourselves and to God, and that’s where spiritual writing...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

Advice for Christian Writers – Writing through the End of Words

The thoughts we write don’t exist until we write them. This, in my opinion, is...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Easter Faith for Immovable Situations

Wherever Jesus was, the women wanted to be there with him.

April 09, 2021

They Said Nothing to Anyone: Silence before the Mystery of the Resurrection

I’ve been meeting the resurrection miracle with reverent silence.

March 2021

March 11, 2021

Silence and Grief in Lent

Christ knows us, and he’s using Lent to frack our subterranean hearts.

December 2020

December 10, 2020

On Not Preparing the Way

Advent’s mercy is that we are given permission to recognize our unreadiness.

November 2020

November 06, 2020

How to Wait

Maybe Christian faith can teach us how to wait truly and well.

September 2020

September 10, 2020

Prayer Engraved on the Heart

Through the spare and insistent pressure of repetition, the words of our lips become the...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Three Prayers You Need Right Now

I want to pray through this pandemic in a way that’s faithful and smart.

July 2020

July 09, 2020

Is Your Time a Burden or a Gift?

When we receive time as a gift, we experience gratefulness for the moments we’ve been...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

Why We Should Reconsider Augustine

Jesus was the center of Augustine's faith, and community was the center of his life.

May 07, 2020

A Shot of Spring Joy

God has not created our lives to be a bundle of commitments and causes. We...

April 2020

April 09, 2020

Plant a Garden, Save Your Life

In this season of destruction, we need to do something creative. We need to garden.

March 2020

March 12, 2020

Jesus Died on the Cross So That We Could Too

It’s a paradox of death-made-life that Jesus’ transformative and healing love is unleashed on the...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

What Is Thankfulness?

Giving thanks in and for this day means something more than just showing gratitude for...

January 2020

January 09, 2020

Prayer: Heart to Heart with Jesus

Prayer is paying attention and practicing gratitude. It’s less about the words we say than...