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October 2021

October 21, 2021

Thoughts on Grieving

After five years of trying to conceive, we just found out our first attempt at...

August 2021

August 24, 2021

Reminded of My Own Fragility

Sometimes it seems like I am just a house of cards, one stiff breeze away...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

A Vacation From Fear and Anxiety

We recently went on a vacation to Wyoming. The timing was perfect; we flew out...

April 2021

April 01, 2021

Faith or Fool

It is a bit of a strange coincidence that Easter Weekend and April Fools are...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

After The Fear Is Gone

We’d all love fear to be as playful as it is on Halloween. Of course,...

July 2020

July 07, 2020

An Adventure in Non-Avoidance

I really value harmony. I don’t like conflict or division. It is like nails on...

November 2019

November 22, 2019

The Devil is in the Giving Up

As a good church-going kid, I was always a little afraid of the devil. I...

October 2019

October 30, 2019

Halloween and The 2 Kinds of Fear

We never celebrated Halloween when I was growing up. My parents just felt weird about...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Why We Fear Change

Change is the best and worst thing about being human. Everything is so wonderfully unstable....

August 09, 2019

Just a Little Scared

We recently went to the doctor for a yearly check up and found out my...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

Learning to Fail

We work with college students and I was in youth ministry for ten years before...

April 2019

April 12, 2019

When The Truth Lets You Down

A year ago, we lost a baby to miscarriage. It happened after a year of infertility...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

What Truly Motivates You?

In this season of new beginnings, all of us are contemplating change to one degree...

October 2018

October 26, 2018

What It Takes To Create

Just as making an omelet requires breaking some eggs, to create something requires failure. We...

October 08, 2018

Why Are We Afraid?

It hits us everyday. Fear. The act of being afraid is a universally human experience....

September 2018

September 10, 2018

The Path to Healing

Pain hurts. It is unpleasant. A digging kind of sorrow. A nagging sort of torture....

August 2018

August 31, 2018

The Fear of Death

As we journey through the vast terrains of life, a pilot emerges. The thing driving...

August 13, 2018

How Fear Scares Away Hope

We have been trying to get pregnant for the better part of eighteen months. To...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

Why Is It So Important For Me To Get A Great Photo?

While watching a World Cup game recently, I was struck by how often the people in the...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Why Would You Want to Bring a Baby Into This World?!

My wife and I have been trying to get pregnant for well over a year,...

June 20, 2018

Beyond FOMO: 3 Fear-Based Acronyms Plaguing Your Life

The fear of missing out (FOMO) has become a cultural phenomenon. We sheepishly confess to...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

A Transcendent Life

Our post-modern world is becoming more and more compartmentalized. Everything is so fast. Things change...