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September 2019

September 20, 2019

Three Prayers Of the Restless & Scattered

A few years back, I completed a doctoral project on the topic of prayer (specifically...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

Which God Are You Becoming?

As a parent of a pre-teen, I’m constantly unearthing pithy and extremely unhelpful phrases. These...

June 2019

June 19, 2019

What Gives You Life?

What gives you life? The lesson I have learned in the past 2-3 years is...

June 14, 2019

When Coffee Mugs Are Sacred

On any given morning in my house, you'll find one of the mugs pictured here...

May 2019

May 10, 2019

Wisdom Is For Losers

So what is wisdom comes first to losers? I looked in the mirror a...

May 04, 2019

The Case of Henri Nouwen, Rachel Held Evans, and Vincent Van Gogh

My reading list has been slim as of late, for a variety of reasons. When...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Squeaking Ducks And The Wisdom of Noticing

This week I had the privilege of working outside on our porch, a chance to...

April 18, 2019

It Snowed On Palm Sunday (and other mysteries)

Mystery: it snowed on Palm Sunday. Or, not a mystery if you're familiar with Chicago...

March 2019

March 07, 2019

The Radical Way of Noticing

Today, I want to invite you to engage in "noticing." This is the time of...

February 2019

February 14, 2019

Faith Is In The Feelings

In my post from earlier this week, I wrote out of a place of rage....

February 12, 2019

Today, I Look For God In My Rage

If we are searching for God in the present, perhaps a good place to look...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Formed by a Dream (Some Thoughts on Martin Luther King, Jr.)

I wasn’t old enough to have seen Martin Luther King, Jr. at work while he...

January 17, 2019

4 Daily Mantras Driving My Formation This Year

The word "mantras" might seem out of place in the conversation about spiritual formation. I...

January 15, 2019

Grace Can’t Be Tamed

Last week, I saw a friend that I hadn’t seen for a long time. They...

December 2018

December 28, 2018

4 Intentional Steps Towards 2019 (Part 1)

Ah, yes. It's the week before New Year's Day and therefore I'm contractually obligated to...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

How We Got Here

I started my first blog in 2006. Writing as a pastor in a small farming...