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May 2013

May 23, 2013

Your Religious Pursuits: Manic Spirituality or Peaceful Intimacy?

Manic: affected with or marked by frenzy Cultural pluralism has intersected with capitalist consumerism, and...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Torn and Tattered: mutual brokenness as the basis of friendship

"I needed to be back on track. Pity is the last thing you need. Pity...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

If you fail at falling, you’ll fail at everything.

Eric Fromm, in his classic "The Art of Loving", writes that a healthy environment for...

January 2013

January 03, 2013

Starting Assumptions for Sexual Ethics

This winter I'll be teaching about sexual ethics and intimacy in the church I lead...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

The “wish dream” must die! Musings on intimacy from Ruby Sparks

None of you know this, but I write fiction. Writing bad fiction is a bit...

October 24, 2012

The Piano – and the painful goodness of letting go

I didn't know on Saturday night that they'd be the last notes I'd play on...

October 09, 2012

Sex, Shame, and the Gospel… resources for conversation

We Christians, especially in America, are terrible at having healthy conversations about sexuality and sexual...

August 2012

August 09, 2012

What are you wearing today?

Warning: No chicken sandwiches were eaten, or boycotted, in the production of this blog post. ...

July 2012

July 06, 2012

Wordless Sermon: Lessons learned from climbing with my son

"First of all a good alpinist should be a good man and this is a...

June 2012

June 02, 2012

“The Demise of Guys” – a book review that’s going places”

Philip Zimbardo and Nikita Duncan have written a marvelous little book called "The Demise of...

May 2012

May 07, 2012

Embracing Loss – the paradoxical road to joy

In the marvelous little book "I Quit", Geri Scazzero writes, "once you end the pretense...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Solitude – Antidote to loneliness

As we enter the Lenten season, I'm happy to offer some practical advice on the...

February 14, 2012

Love Ingredients: Truth, Grace, Proportion

"full of grace and truth" John 1:14 "Who can pull that off?" is the question...

February 08, 2012

Ready, Set, Lent. Why it matters – more than ever.

"And early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

Simpilicity- a heart’s cry during Advent

My conversations with students this week here in Austria have revealed that one of the...

November 2011

November 11, 2011

Chronos Peace University….

By now, many of us have heard of Dave Ramsey, and Financial Peace University. It's...

October 2011

October 25, 2011

Imperfections…the soil for intimacy

When I was in high school, I went to a conference where I received a...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

Storms, foundations, rebuilding….

The Wise man Built His House upon the Rock... It’s the end of a bad...

August 20, 2011

Seasons…gratitude and presence, come what may

As the plane descends and the lights of Seattle become welcome, familiar reference points, I...

August 20, 2011

Seasons…gratitude and presence, come what may

As the plane descends and the lights of Seattle become welcome, familiar reference points, I...

August 10, 2011

Grace, generosity, gratitude, God – the real 4G network

There was no way it could happen. Last Thursday afternoon, I was watching ESPN and...

July 2011

July 08, 2011

I’ve got mono! The challenges and beauty of monogamy

The New Times published an article recently positing that infidelity was, for some marriages, just...

July 05, 2011

Home – wherever you are

My wife and I are standing on the rocks en route to the Guttenberg Haus,...

July 05, 2011

Home – wherever you are

My wife and I are standing on the rocks en route to the Guttenberg Haus,...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Surprised by joy? No…it’s just like God to give it!

We'd been hiking for a little while. Up 1000 meters, and then down 1000. Up...

June 17, 2011

Single? What are you waiting for?

Today's guest post is from someone who's living into her singleness. She's moved to Europe,...

June 14, 2011

A better story…on what to do with the rest of your life, and saying yes

(I'm happy to introduce my youngest daughter, Holly Dahlstrom, to you. Her joy, courage, and...

June 14, 2011

A better story…on what to do with the rest of your life, and saying yes

(I'm happy to introduce my youngest daughter, Holly Dahlstrom, to you. Her joy, courage, and...

June 12, 2011

The world is wide…and cold: Advice to dads from one who loves being one

I don't know where the line originates. Maybe it comes from one of my children,...

June 07, 2011

Skinny Church – the wrong fast for a hungry world

If nutrition is a hobby of yours, then you know that something as simple and...

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