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June 2021

June 03, 2021

For Pride Month Eschew Pride

Don't worry, I'm not going to talk about Pride all month, even though it is...

June 01, 2021

Jen Hatmaker and Jesus

A long Jen Hatmaker FB post is making its way around the internet and so...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

Eternity in a Year

I think we might be near or actually upon the one-year anniversary of "however many...

February 2021

February 23, 2021

More Good Listening

Don't mean to be turning everything into links, but I didn't have my act together...

February 12, 2021

7 Takes for Valentine’s Day

I know it's Friday because I've lived all the other days this week. Friday is...

October 2020

October 16, 2020

If You Can Pray

It is Friday, and I was about to think my way through Quick Takes, but...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Because You Are Suffering

I see that #JesusMatters is trending on Twitter this morning, but I’m pretty sure it...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

Love The Sinner

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. Enjoy! ************************************************************************************************** Here is something old that actually feels...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

The Gospel of Excellence

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning, thrashing my way through the entirety of American...

January 2020

January 08, 2020

The Poverty of Self-Interest

Well, I overslept my blogging moment, and then went down and stood by as a...

November 2019

November 05, 2019

Tuesday Thoughts: I’m This Close To Totally Giving Up

I’m in to week two of the Great Wretched Clothes Change Over of 2019. This...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

And Then Jesus Said

[This Morning Jesus is Super Excited about all of your efforts to climb out of...

July 19, 2019

7 Ways to Survive a Rachel Hollis Binge

[Make your true love build you a bookshelf, that’s the main way.] Well, there you...

June 2019

June 02, 2019

A Footstool, a Jet, a Night in Prison: What Must I Do To Be Saved?

A week ago, or who even knows, Matt interrupted our evening studies by turning on...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

7 Heartbroken Takes

Is it really Friday? One Didn’t mean to neglect the podcast on Monday. Going into...

May 08, 2019

Rachel Hollis and the Geico Jesus

[Jesus looking around the room and seeing all the Potential] Speaking of death and heaven...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves Is Not In The Bible

[Jesus excited to see how you’re managing to pull yourself out of the mire without...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

Just Breathe

It may be that I am ruining my life with Rachel Hollis videos on YouTube....

July 2018

July 01, 2018

Praying Small Prayers

I am always in the habit of promising to pray for people. I say it...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

Knowledge Isn’t Power In A Sexually Depraved World

We think that knowledge is power. We think that just by knowing more information we’ll...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

It’s Ok If You Can’t Pray

Praying is not a magical activity. You don't pray with deep fervor and then necessarily...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

Praying through the Rubble of Wickedness

Let the record show that while I was kneeling on the floor of Barnes and...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

The Raising of Jonah

Mercy is a difficult experience. A lot of time when God is having mercy, it...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

A Better Kind of Hero

Well, I survived the blood letting and managed to come home and then do nothing...

March 24, 2017

7 God Must Be Angry Takes

Can I still be blaming stuff on the time change? Pretty sure I can. Going...

February 2017

February 26, 2017

Grace for the Incompent

It is necessary that I carry on from yesterday, building upon that moment of refulgent...

February 21, 2017

10 Reasons to Love Lent

You do realize, don't you, that lent is just around the corner? Do you think...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

7 Suffering Takes

It's Friday, and that means Takes One If you're looking for a good workout, Kelly...

January 26, 2017

9 Reasons I Wish I Could Go to the March for Life

I promised myself I would go to the March for Life this year--especially after just...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

Private Grief in a Public Age

The only good thing about the death famous people is that it allows me to...