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February 2025

February 01, 2025

Jesus, Justice and the Poor: A Call to True Christian Living

A Just God Gives Back Another week of vindictive actions by President Trump have invaded...

January 2025

January 25, 2025

Lament as an Alternative to Anger and Anxiety

In a world where anger and anxiety are taking center stage, the practice of lament...

January 25, 2025

Casting off our “isms” and Setting Ourselves Free

Patriotism, communism, socialism, racism, sexism. All these “isms” seem to be defining who we are...

January 18, 2025

Understanding Non-Patriarchal Masculinity

Redefining Masculine Identity in Contemporary Society As our world continues to redefine itself regarding gender...

January 18, 2025

Worry is Not an Emotion You can Control

As we get closer to the American inauguration of Donald Trump and the world seemingly...

January 12, 2025

Answering the Call: Rethinking Church for a New Generation

A Calling A common first question that is asked when you are brought in front...

January 10, 2025

Reconnecting when Feeling Spiritually Lost

A theme I have been playing around with in 2024 was the theme of loneliness....

January 06, 2025

Depression – A Collective Soul Wound

The Meme that Started the Conversation A friend recently shared this meme, and it has...

January 04, 2025

Jesus Goes to the Gym

I am sitting down pondering what to write for the New Year, New You post...

December 2024

December 29, 2024

A Proposed Christian Posture for 2025

As we approach 2025, plenty of people will be writing about goals, hopes and dreams...

December 28, 2024

2024: A Reflection – Goodbye 2024, Thanks for all the Fish

Well, we are finally on the other side of Mariah Carey memes and Last Christmas...

December 22, 2024

Learning from the Women in My Life

In 2002, I became a dad for the first time. Adeline Joy was born on...

December 21, 2024

Advent Week 4 A (Another) Reflection on Love

“Crazy Train” I was training on my spin bike this afternoon thinking about this post...

December 15, 2024

The Christmas Practice of Joy

Christmas has never been my thing. I was a real pill as a kid. We...

December 14, 2024

Discussing LGBTQIA+ Topics Respectfully

This week, in my discussion on civil discourse, I want to demonstrate how we can...

December 08, 2024

Cultivating Peace in a Peaceless World

Advent week 2 is about Peace. Back in July, I asked whether peace was achievable...

December 07, 2024

Discussing Race with Compassion and Respect

An oft overlooked point of reference for many Christians is the fact that Jesus, who...

December 01, 2024

Discussing Poverty with Compassion and Respect

I have the privilege to sit across around one hundred people per month and hear...

November 2024

November 30, 2024

How the Philosophy of Ubuntu can Encourage Hope

Advent 2024 Week 1 - Hope This week, we enter the four weeks of Advent,...

November 24, 2024

How Kaizen Can Help Us Overcome Life’s Challenges

You are a spiritual practice. “Each of us is a work-in-progress. The spiritual practice of you challenges...

November 23, 2024

Be the Change – A Discussion on Civil Discourse

John Wesley said there are two types of holiness. Personal holiness, where you grow your...

November 17, 2024

Silence as a Practice of Attention

My vocational job is as a professional listener. People pay me a lot of money...

November 14, 2024

How Do Disappointment and Loss Teach Us Spiritually?

Psalm 82:3 tells us to defend the poor and the orphan. This has been my...

November 10, 2024

When Love Dies for Us

In my discernment a couple of weeks back, Romans 5:1-8 came to mind. I am...

November 05, 2024

An Ignatian Informed Spiritual Practice

As I was moving through the discernment process between the ages of 18-20, my formation...

November 01, 2024

Spiritual Practices of Attention: What is Your Focus?

We are just a few days away from a major election in the United States...

October 2024

October 29, 2024

Reflections on the Meaning of Death

I want to close my October series on change and awareness of death with a...

October 26, 2024

Finding Meaning Amidst Existential Angst

Two weeks ago, I talked about memento mori, but how do we adjust to the...

October 24, 2024

John Wesley’s Exposure to Deep Ecumenism

One of more memorable experiences I had with my District Committee of Ordained Ministry during...

October 19, 2024

Can Open Theism and Petitionary Prayer Coexist?

Considering Different Opinions- A Primer to Open Theism Open theism posits that God is limited...