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September 2025

September 21, 2025

Theologies of Hope Amid Americas Violent Tendencies

Theologies of Hope Amid America’s Violent Tendencies Exploring Spiritual Perspectives, Cognitive Dissonance, and Thinking Errors...

September 17, 2025

The Spiritual Practice of Embracing Impermanence

Summer has slowly faded into fall up here in Northwest Pennsylvania. The kids...

September 13, 2025

Jesus’ Compassion Toward His Oppressor

How Jesus Demonstrates Powerful Love for Enemies Introduction Another series of senseless shootings have filled...

September 09, 2025

Voicing The Truth in a Truthless Era

Voicing The Truth in a Truthless Era Reflections on Moral Courage and Identity Amid Civil...

September 07, 2025

True Discipleship and the Challenge of Grace

Counting the Cost: True Discipleship and the Challenge of Grace Sermon on Luke 14:25-33 Inspired...

September 06, 2025

God’s First Name is Speedy

Introduction I had a chuckle in church yesterday as we were saying our prayers, and...

August 2025

August 29, 2025

Choose Life

A Reflection Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Introduction Change is inevitable. In Buddhism, they call it impermanence,...

August 28, 2025

Rethinking Compassion in Modern America

Introduction In this post for this week, I want to address the modern attack on...

August 24, 2025

God’s Profound Care – Known, Protected, and Provided For

God's Profound Care - Known, Protected, and Provided For Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6, 9,...

August 22, 2025

Reclaiming Our Humanity Through Attachment and Detachment

We live in a period of time of great polarity. In America anyway, you are...

August 14, 2025

Why We Must Face the Darkness

Introduction Imagine this, you are running an ultramarathon (a marathon that is any distance over...

August 13, 2025

Dissident Follower of Jesus

I heard an interesting notion last week in my studies, how to read the book...

August 07, 2025

Reflecting on 25 years

This last weekend, my wife and I got away to celebrate our upcoming 25th anniversary...

July 2025

July 29, 2025

Finding Christ Everywhere

Finding Christ Everywhere: The Power of Connection and Community Introduction It is interesting where Christ...

July 23, 2025

Lessening the Pressure of Anxiety

Opening Thoughts In this post exploring the spiritual practice of YOU, I want to...

July 21, 2025

Are You Proud? A Reflective Journey Toward Humility

Introduction American culture is often viewed as distinct by many around the world. I was...

July 17, 2025

An Open Faith—James 2:1-7 and the Challenge of Partiality

Introduction In this post, I want to explore how we can engage in our faith...

July 17, 2025

We Are All Enough in the Eyes of the Lord

I saw a meme last week that stated, “It is crazy how social media has...

July 12, 2025

Considering Fear

A client recently asked in session how I could live with such ease. The client...

July 11, 2025

Divine Dialogue—Prayer Between God and Us

Divine Dialogue—Prayer Between God and Us, and the Wesleyan Vision of Piety Exploring Luke 11:1-13...

July 06, 2025

Lessons on the Trail with My Daughter’s 18th Summer

Faded Memories I took the fourth of July weekend to spend time with my 18...

July 03, 2025

Love Will Set You Free

Tomorrow America will engage in their narcissistic celebration of themselves, a spectacle of self-adulation often...

June 2025

June 28, 2025

The Power of Pause: Reviewing Your Year Midway

“I took off for a weekend last month just to try and recall the whole...

June 27, 2025

Rediscovering Hope Through Romans 5:15

What does it mean to be justified by faith? This is an important point in...

June 20, 2025

Sharing Your Faith at Work Without HR Issues

This topic has been sitting in my writing journal for a couple of weeks waiting...

June 18, 2025

Everyone Needs a Hero

As I was on vacation last week, I made a pact with myself to not...

June 12, 2025

Appalachian Trail Acceptance 2025

This year for my annual backpacking trip, I am heading to Damascus, Virginia. This is...

June 04, 2025

Faith, Inclusion, and the LGBTQ+ Journey Toward Belonging

Faith and LGBTQ Exploring the intersection of faith and LGBTQ identity reveals a tapestry of...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

Meditations on John 17:20-26

In the "High Priestly Prayer", Jesus passionately pleads for unity among his believers, a sentiment...

May 28, 2025

The Socialist Gospel: What Would Jesus Really Do?

Jesus, Justice, and the Fall of Christian Nationalism Recently, while preparing for an upcoming backpacking...