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July 2018

July 04, 2018

Leaving Highland: Goodbye Abilene

So today is the last in my short series of blogs saying goodbye to the...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Long Swims

Has anyone else been obsessed with the story of Ben Lecomte in the news recently,...

June 12, 2018

Leaving Highland: Generationally Generous

I wrote most of this blog with tears in my eyes. See, just yesterday Mrs....

June 05, 2018

Leaving Highland: Sunday Morning Public Nudity

On the day I announced that I was leaving Highland, that was by far not...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Newsworthy With Norsworthy: Heading Home

A few days ago, Leslie I announced the very bittersweet news that we were going...

May 22, 2018

All Creatures of Our God and King: And the Wild Dog Shall Lie Down with the Dikdik

We had only been in North Africa a matter of weeks when I brought home...

May 15, 2018

All Creatures of Our God and King: Karama

A few years ago we had a karama, a blessing ceremony for our newly built...

May 08, 2018

All Creatures of Our God and King: The Image of God

On our first home assignment I was bound and determined to slip right back into...

May 01, 2018

Everyday Rebellion

On Thursday of last week I plopped down in a white plastic chair to listen...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Left To Our Own Devices: Power Down

By Jovan Barrington Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a bit about taking his family to...

April 17, 2018

Left To Our Own Devices: Think Different

For the first few weeks after 9-11, there was a resurgence of all things...

April 10, 2018

Left to Our Own Devices: Consumers and Poor Communicators

Jonathan and I are preaching and writing a series sermons and blogs together for the...

April 03, 2018

Left To Our Own Devices: A Better Life Than This

"As President, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering....

March 2018

March 27, 2018

People of the Mess

The first time we evacuated from North Africa, the town we lived in was bombed...

March 20, 2018

God of the Mess: Namesake

Eva-le was born in the back of a Land Cruiser in the middle of the...

March 13, 2018

God of the Mess: Midwives

In the striated shade of the crumbling thatched hut I momentarily forget that I have...

March 06, 2018

God of the Mess: Seeds

The customs agent riffling through my bag is a woman – tall, stoic, skin like...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Stranger God: The Little Way

So for the past few weeks, I've been reviewing Richard Beck's great new book Stranger God. It's...

February 20, 2018

Stranger God: To Whom Honor is Due

So I've been reviewing and interacting with Richard Beck's newest book Stranger God:Meeting Jesus in Disguise, the past...

February 13, 2018

Stranger God: Wearing Evil and Touching Lepers

A few years ago, my wife and I lead a short term mission trip to...

February 06, 2018

Stranger God: God is Strange

"I never thought Angels would have so many tattoos." -Richard...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

What’s in a Name

There was a day in North Africa that I was introduced to a woman named...

January 23, 2018

The Parable of the Good Muslim

It is human nature, it seems, to most deeply fear and hate the very things...

January 16, 2018

Jesus, Religion, and Sh*thole Countries

“Jesus. He is where we see things differently.”

January 09, 2018

Losing Faith In Mecca: Rocks

At the pinnacle of his religious experience, Suleiman came to the conclusion that what he...

January 02, 2018

May I Recommend 2017

So here it is, my annual list of book suggestions. There are lots of good...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

Choosing Christmas: Obedient to Death

Theologians used to say “To Know God is to suffer God” and I think there’s...

December 12, 2017

Choosing Christmas: Glory to God in the Lowest

The Golden Coral may not be what comes to your mind when you think of...

December 05, 2017

Choosing Christmas: The Center Of The Universe

The Biblical doctrine of Election is often misunderstood and almost always controversial, but here’s what...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Words from God, not from Ourselves…

When we first moved to a series of refugee camps in North Africa we had...