What You Need When You Need It

In the Christian walk, we usually don't have what we need...until exactly when we need it. [Click title to read more.]

Walking In The Footsteps Of Those Who Came Before

An ancient manuscript fragment reminds me that the faith-work of today can be the blessing of generations to come. [Click title to read more.]

God Of The Sparrows

In May of 2017 in a garden-variety suburb in a garden-variety state in America, a country which contains 321 million people, in a world which contains around 7 billion people, a starling died in a dryer vent and God noticed. His authority and His power do not render Him distant even from the smallest details. [Click title to read more.]

How To Handle The Easter Aftermath

It's true that people need a rest after the emotional intensity of Easter. But it's also true that "rest" shouldn't mean "take a vacation from God until fall." [Click title to read more.]

A Research Literacy Primer For Christians: Or, Why Christians Need To Be Skeptical When Looking Up Information

I thought it might be worthwhile to offer up this little primer: a series of very basic tips about how to evaluate and assess all that "Christian" information you might stumble across online or in the bookstore.

Be Wary Of Churning Out Marthas Rather Than Marys

Missing from all of our Christian "doing" is the deliberate cultivation of a reflective interior life that allows for individual growth and a changing, evolving, rich relationship with God. [Click title to read more.]

Act From Love Immediately. Postpone Actions Motivated By Anything Else.

Love immediately, and delay everything that doesn't come from love. [Click title to read more.]

No, Life Isn’t Fair. But We Can Try To Tip The Scales.

Although the world is fundamentally cursed and unfair and we have to reconcile ourselves to that, we also need to think about the fact that we are the ones who can make it a little less unfair. [Click title to read more.]

Ask Hard Questions, And Learn From The Silences

Awkward silences are always going to be endemic to church activities that involve question-asking. It'll happen sooner or later. The trick, I think, is not to ignore that silence or what it might portend. [Click title to read more.]

Christian Vulnerability

I am often intimidated by Christians who never seem to portray any sort of vulnerability or meaningful emotion in any situation ever. [Click title to read more.]