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November 2015

November 18, 2015

Sometimes God Sneaks Up on You

I took a vacation with God. It wasn’t anything elaborate or expensive. I simply felt...

November 11, 2015

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Authentic

Authenticity can be difficult to come by, even in the church community. Go figure. People prefer...

November 06, 2015

Do Not Worry (Oh, Really? That Might Be Easy for You to Say…)

These are worrisome times we are living in. There is an unprecedented global financial crisis,...

November 02, 2015

Have You Ever Run Into an Angel on a Business Trip?

One week I took a train into New York City to attend a “Deal Making Conference.”...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies

My mentor, Dr. Payne, suggested that I start meditating. He mentioned it one day as...

October 14, 2015

Miracles at the Workplace? “The Holy Spirit is On Line Four” (Part 2)

Continued from the previous post I have gotten about half-way through reading the Acts of...

October 12, 2015

Miracles at the Workplace? “The Holy Spirit is on Line Four…”

I have spent that past few weeks reading intently through the four Gospels, and finally finished...

October 09, 2015

The Science of Grace (3)

Continued from previous post The scientific behaviors of electrons and photons have quite a bit...

October 07, 2015

Paradox and the Science of Grace (2)

It seems as if science itself has progressed so far that it has shut the...

October 05, 2015

God, Paradox and the Science of Grace (Part 1)

My CFO, Drew, and I have coined a term that we use quite a bit...

October 02, 2015

Confessions of a Mad Journalist (Part 3): Four Things I Have Learned About Spiritual Life

Continued from previous post There has been one overriding, familiar theme woven throughout all of...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Confessions of a Mad Journalist (Part 2): Overcoming the Fear of Failure

Continued from previous post Oftentimes, my journal acted as a sounding board for my career –...

September 28, 2015

Confessions of a Mad Journalist (Part 1)

Like most insecure and spiritually frustrated white men in their forties, I keep a journal....

September 16, 2015

Believing the Unbelievable

I have spent the past few months reading through the gospels again, a little bit each...

September 07, 2015

What Are You Afraid Of? (2) God Might Want You to be Terrified Sometimes

Continued from the previous post. I believe that the strength of our faith in God can...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

Forgetting to Remember God (#2 in a Series)

Continued from the previous post. But then again, maybe there’s more to it than just...

August 14, 2015

Forgetting to Remember God

I completely forgot about God for two entire weeks. I know, that sounds terribly unspiritual...

August 10, 2015

Thou Shalt Love Thy Customer: A Revealing Visit to Starbucks

I love Starbucks. No, I really love Starbucks. You need to know this about me....

August 04, 2015

Was That an Angel? A Mysterious Encounter at Penn Station

Once I took a train into New York City to attend a “Deal Making Conference.”...

July 2015

July 19, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies: #4 in a series

Read about how I got here here, here, and here. So. I’m about five minutes...

July 16, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies: #3 in a series

Continued from previous post and the one before that. The word I chose to meditate...

July 14, 2015

Meditation for Christian Dummies (#2 in a series)

Continued from the previous post. It seemed like meditation could be an important spiritual discipline to...

July 10, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies

My mentor, Dr. Payne, suggested that I start meditating. He mentioned it one day as...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

The Purpose of Work

As some of you may know, I go to a Presbyterian church. It’s located in...

June 05, 2015

Even Jesus Got Annoyed

I can pretty much guarantee that the disciples were annoying at times. I mean, come...

June 01, 2015

Do Not Worry: There is a Spiritual Economy, Too (#3 in a series)

Continued from previous post and the post before that. On the days when I'm feeling...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Do Not Worry About Domestic Life? (#2 in a series)

Continued from previous post. So here’s what that cynical voice in my head is saying...

May 19, 2015

Do Not Worry? Really?

These are worrisome times we are living in. There is an unprecedented global financial crisis,...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

The Happiest Employee on Earth

There’s a bright yellow band of construction tape blocking the administrative entrance to my company’s...

December 07, 2014

How MicroPrayers Can Help Get You Through the Work Day

With the advent of ubiquitous mobile social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter within...