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September 2026

September 09, 2026

Learning to Confess and Understand Our Father Even in Crisis

This is a singular line that I’ve focused on a lot in my prayers over...

July 2026

July 16, 2026

Port of Call: Sometimes We Need More Than a Weekly Sabbath

As I write this, our ship is slowly pulling into the port of Nassau. This...

July 09, 2026

A Quiet Life Is Rooted Like a Tree (Psalm 1)

Growing up, you probably had a favorite tree. Maybe it was the one you climbed...

June 2026

June 17, 2026

Dirt Talking to Dirt About God

One of the most haunting things I have heard about preaching was from Dr. Mark...

June 01, 2026

Remembering the Nudge: Revisit the Place God First Spoke

A few weeks ago, I found myself asking a simple question: When did I first...

May 2026

May 07, 2026

Be a Christian Where You Are

When I was younger, I didn’t want to rule the world. I wanted to change...

March 2026

March 21, 2026

Falling in Love Again: 11 Christian Marriage Practices

I once heard someone say that a successful marriage is one in which we fall...

February 2026

February 19, 2026

Guard Your Heart: What’s Shaping the Source?

Lent is a season for examining the heart, leaning into surrender and honest confession. Coming...

February 09, 2026

Hard Conversations: We Don’t Know It All

Last week, we began this blog series by naming something many of us already feel...

December 2025

December 12, 2025

Reading Shelf: New Testament for Everyone (NTFE)

This post on the New Testament for Everyone (NTFE) translation continues my Reading Shelf series. In...

November 2025

November 18, 2025

Reading Shelf: Six Bible Translations for Meditation & Study

In keeping with this blog's call to lead a quiet life of stillness and faithfulness,...

November 14, 2025

You Are What You Invest: Quiet Work of a Healthy Marriage

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” “Garbage in,...

September 2025

September 15, 2025

5 Books That Shaped My Rule of Life and Quiet Life Pursuit

Later this week, I am headed to the beach to celebrate my wife, Katie McLain,...

August 2025

August 22, 2025

Walking the Four Stages of Faith with Good Leaders

In my last blog post, I looked at the four stages of faith and conversion...

July 2025

July 27, 2025

7 Ways from Rodney Reeves to Stop Celebrity Christianity

Rodney Reeves writes in his Story of God Bible Commentary on Matthew, “False piety is...

July 23, 2025

When God Rewrote My Never: A Story of Returning to School

What’s something you said you’d never do… but then you did? For me, it was...

June 2025

June 18, 2025

This Is The Lord’s Table: A Victorious Life

At the Lord’s Table, we are invited into a sacred sacrament—one that offers transformation, holds...

May 2025

May 26, 2025

Fuller Seminary: What’s Said and Left Unsaid

I earned a Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry in 2020 and a Master...

May 16, 2025

Lead a Quiet Life: The Early Church’s Rule for Freeloaders

In 1983, Todd Rundgren released a forever-remembered single that energetically declared, “I don't want to...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

Learning from Amos: Faithfulness Amid Nationalism and Chaos

Amos stands out among the Twelve Prophets as an unexpected and powerful voice of God’s...

March 20, 2025

Transforming the Wilderness by Choosing Loud and Bold Praise

Throughout Lent I have been focused on Psalms and Ecclesiastes in my devotions. Lent is a...

March 09, 2025

The Mosaic Church Documentary: A Premiere, Journey and Story

The Megiddo Mosaic on display at the Museum of the Bible (Washington, D.C.) is an...

March 06, 2025

Megiddo Mosaic: Prophetic Witness at the Museum of the Bible

A few months back, Dr. Anthony L. Blair—President of Evangelical Seminary, Kairos Executive Partner, and...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

When Obscurity Becomes Sacred: Embracing Seasons of Ordinary

Have you ever had a moment when something ordinary became extraordinary? For me, that often...

February 23, 2025

More Than Willpower: Transformation Is Beyond Ourselves

Many of us are seeking transformation in ourselves or various aspects of our lives. The...

February 19, 2025

Living Clement’s Wisdom: 8 Virtues for Christian Community

In Philippians 4, Paul celebrates the Philippians - commendable comrades, co-conspirators, and collaborators who he...

February 06, 2025

From Hurry to Holiness: Living Unhurried in a Rushed World

On my drive home from a visit to the Museum of the Bible in Washington,...

January 2025

January 16, 2025

Finding Sacred Pause: 5 Apps that Build Spiritual Discipline

Despite the promises of technology and gadgets to simplify our lives, the demands on our...

January 02, 2025

A Complete Unknown: An Onscreen Search for Dylan

“Two hundred people in that room, and each one wants me to be somebody else....

December 2024

December 24, 2024

Mary’s Magnificat: A Prophetic Love for the People of God

Over the next few days, many of us will gather with friends and family. At...