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April 20, 2023

How Hard is Your Heart? What Keeps You from Hearing God Speak?

In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a parable about sowing seeds. The seeds fall on different...

April 15, 2023

Linchpin: Are You indispensable? by Seth Godin: Books Pastors Should Read in 2023

Image by Marisa Sias from Pixabay For the second entry in the "Books Pastors Should...

April 11, 2023

The Tragedy of Saul is a Warning About the Seductive Destruction of Power

  My heart breaks when I read the beginning of the story of Saul in...

April 08, 2023

The Empty Tomb is the Only Satisfaction for Our Dry and Thirsty Soul

The paradox of Jesus Christ's resurrection is that the empty tomb is the very thing...

April 04, 2023

Why Professional Foot Washer should be in the Default Pastor Job Description

I have looked at many pastoral job openings and read the job descriptions and requirements....

April 01, 2023

Change Your Heart, Change the World: 3 Keys to Initiate God’s Kingdom Growth

I ended my last post with the charge, "We must go and do." If you...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

In the Face of Unmistakable Evil, is it enough that God weeps too?

People ask, "why do bad things happen to good people?" But I think a more...

March 25, 2023

Jervis Campbell: Music You Should Listen to in 2023

I love finding new music, especially if it is unique and creative. Jervis Campbell is...

March 23, 2023

I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt: Books Pastors Should Read in 2023

This is the first entry in the series Books Pastors Should read. The first offering...

March 21, 2023

My Lenten Gamble: 41 days with no coffee

  I am not a coffee lover. I can't tell the difference between good coffee...

March 17, 2023

Good, Good Father?

Is God a good, good Father? We experience earthly parenting, some of which is good,...

March 15, 2023

Laughter

The Bible list joy as one part of the fruit of the Spirit. And while...

March 13, 2023

Can I Trust God?

In a previous post, I wrote about trusting God because He is good. But I...

March 10, 2023

Finding Hope in not Knowing

Limited Understanding When you read the story of Job in the Bible, you get inside...

March 08, 2023

Finding Hope at Rock Bottom

Looking up from the bottom Have you ever found yourself at rock bottom? Elijah, who...

March 06, 2023

Finding Hope after Despair

And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take...

March 03, 2023

Christ, Community, and Creativity (Part Three)

This is part three; read part one here and part two here. In the first...

March 02, 2023

Christ, Community, and Creativity (Part two)

  This is part two; read part one here. Priesthood of all Believers Does mono...

March 01, 2023

Christ, Community, and Creativity (Part one)

Where do I begin? I often feel like I don't fit in. Theologically I am...

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