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May 2017

May 18, 2017

Do you know a dead end when you see it?

In life, they mostly don't come with signs.

May 10, 2017

What are we drinking?

Lord, give me this water. (John 4:15) Two weeks ago, we had a little water...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

4 ways Christians can love the soil on Earth Day

Earth Day is a great time for Christians to show our love for God's green...

April 15, 2017

Jesus is alive and speaking

Easter is a celebration of new life in Jesus. He's not dead. Jesus is alive,...

April 04, 2017

Fragility and the cross

We interrupt our usual theological musings to bring you pictures of a cute chick. After...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

God’s brooding work

One of our hens has gone broody. That means that she has the urgent biological...

March 27, 2017

On planting onions

My son and I helped our friend Dennis plant onions. In our minimalist technique, planting...

March 15, 2017

Church of the lost

There was a time when I lost my way while driving south of Chicago. It...

March 09, 2017

You have what you need

Our friend Dennis discovered an ancient springtooth harrow in a hedgerow. (It must be a...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

The strenuous discipline of not praying

Somewhere on the road to Tucumcari, New Mexico, we got behind a semi truck painted...

February 21, 2017

Loving neighbors and dodging rocks

Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark 12:31). Shortly after moving in to our...

February 16, 2017

He did it

Once, when I was a bored teenager, I invented a challenge for myself. I was...

February 10, 2017

Hanging on to love

Sometime during the summer swelter, our family made the trip to a water park in...

February 06, 2017

Infinite Sparrows

You are worth more than many sparrows. Matthew 10:31 As the chill night has fallen this...

February 02, 2017

Always breaking bread, always giving thanks

Back when I was a graduate student in the big city, I got befriended by...

January 2017

January 28, 2017

On being detained in the airport

Once, when my wife and I were returning to the U.S. after a visit to...

December 2016

December 25, 2016

Christmas lightning

It's Christmas, and the sky is zagged with lightning. No one's dreaming of a white...

December 14, 2016

Autumn’s lingering death

It's autumn. Things are dying, and I don't like it. Maybe it's my lament that the...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

When things fall apart

Everything’s falling apart on me, God; put me together again with your Word. (Psalm 119:107...

November 18, 2016

I’m no better

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought - Romans 12:3 Once, I...

November 01, 2016

Amateur sainthood

I'm an amateur gardener. I'm always figuring things out again for the first time, like...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

4 reasons I’m not endorsing a candidate from the pulpit

I'm not endorsing a candidate from the pulpit this year. In fact, I never have....

October 23, 2016

In praise of the rural life: Challenging the narrative of decline

As the 2016 US election rattles into its final stretch, rural people and communities have gotten an...

October 11, 2016

An October psalm

Oh Lord, the whole earth is filled with your glory. Fire and hail, snow and...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

He numbers the raindrops

Abba Moses said, "When we consider that He numbers the raindrops, the sand of the...

September 21, 2016

3 ways the Lord’s Prayer changed my life

About a decade ago, I began praying the Lord's Prayer daily. It changed my life....

September 14, 2016

Learning to love the dying

Shortly after graduating from seminary, I signed up for some unspecified "service" at a church convention...

September 07, 2016

Blessing our first egg

Little Scurry laid her first egg behind the old recycling bin. (Note to self: lock...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

The goodness of useless things

It turns out you can eat corn smut. Who knew? The ancient peoples of Mexico,...

August 23, 2016

Pray and soar

The Mississippi kites are migrating. They've been wheeling over our neighborhood since spring, rising on thermals and diving...