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December 2024

December 31, 2024

What Happened When I Entered a Church Film Fest, Part 2

A few months ago, I wrote about how I reluctantly submitted to God, crying on...

November 2024

November 01, 2024

On Feeling Love For Jesus, Really, For Real, From Your Heart

I'll lead with an answer to a question because I don't want to sound prideful...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

Can We Talk About Joy – When I’m Supposed To Feel It?

I've always thought dancing brought me joy. Didn't it? I've always thought dance - including...

August 2024

August 31, 2024

I Entered A Church Film Fest, And This Is What Happened

Have you ever chased a big, crazy dream, only to have it quietly fizzle away...

January 2024

January 15, 2024

I Just Read the Whole Bible. Now What?

Almost 10 days ago, when I posted on social that I'd finished reading the whole...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

If Anything is Excellent: Do-Over’s in the Creative Process

A film isn't finished 'til it's "in the can" - and even then, there's the...

December 09, 2023

Whatever is Admirable: My Teen Respectfully Took a Stand

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with...

November 2023

November 25, 2023

Whatever is Lovely… Guarded an Anxious Pre-Thanksgiving

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with...

November 15, 2023

Think About Whatever Is Pure? Um, What Should I Think About?

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is...

November 04, 2023

Whatever is Right, or Just, or… Just Right?

When you happen to come across different word choices in different Bible translations, do you...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

I Just Celebrated My Teen Son’s Baptism Birthday – Like This

If you're like me, you've celebrated plenty of regular birthdays - the birthdays that acknowledge...

October 14, 2023

Whatever is Honorable

Within this series on Apostle Paul's list of favorite things to think about instead of...

October 08, 2023

Whatever is Noble…Like a Noble Gas?

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is...

October 01, 2023

I Just Read the Old Testament: Here’s My No. 1 Takeaway

Have you ever read the Old Testament? I'm talking about the whole thing. Genesis 1:1...

September 2023

September 25, 2023

Whatever is True: Paul’s First Favorite Thing to Think About

In Chapter 4 of Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians, he gives us basically an...

September 17, 2023

A Few of Paul’s Favorite Things – To Release Anxiety

Remember that scene from "The Sound of Music," when the children gather in Maria's bedroom...

September 10, 2023

The Full Armor of God – It’s Not Just Phone Case Fantasy

Sometimes I'm scrolling (I know, don't judge me), and I see ads for "Armor of...

September 02, 2023

Of Walkie-Talkies and Crazy Prayers, Part 2

"I'm almost there!" I insisted breathlessly into my walkie-talkie. "Copy that, Coco. Be careful!" squawked...

August 2023

August 25, 2023

Can You Walkie-Talkie with God?

A dangerous job: Prayer as God's armor, Part 1 One of the more interesting/quirky/dangerous jobs...

August 18, 2023

The Sword of the Spirit is The Word of God… How?

“Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word...

August 15, 2023

Reckless Tongue? How to Wise Up

This week's article is a brief, neat little tangent from our Novena Devo on the...

August 03, 2023

Can the Helmet of Salvation Save a Brain of Insecurity?

"Take the helmet of salvation" Ephesians 6:17a (NIV) I made a new friend one Friday...

July 2023

July 28, 2023

When a Friend Told Me to F*ck Off, the Shield of Faith Was All I Had

"In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can...

July 20, 2023

How Can Feet Fitted with Peace Help Me At All?

"... and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of...

July 15, 2023

Life’s a Rollercoaster: Get Your Breastplate of Righteousness in Place

“Stand firm, then… with the breastplate of righteousness in place,” Ephesians 6:14a (NIV) I vividly...

July 04, 2023

Belt of Truth: Why We Buckle It First

“Therefore put on the full armor of God.... Stand firm then, with the belt of...

June 2023

June 29, 2023

Wearing God’s Full Armor – How Can You Get Strong Enough?

I love me some swords clanging against shields, shields shielding against arrows, and the valiant...

June 21, 2023

Can God’s Wings Shield My Fear – During a Colonoscopy?

How scared do you get when you’ve got a medical procedure – like a colonoscopy...

June 14, 2023

How Prayer Practice Is Like Track Practice

“What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me – practice these...

June 06, 2023

Is It Sin to Not Do a Thing (That Thing We’re Supposed to Do)?

“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it...