Shibboleths and Gatekeepers

The only word necessary to cross the great ford that separates us from God is the name of Christ, and anyone can say it. May God spare us from becoming self-anointed gatekeepers over minor and insignificant issues. [Click title to read more.]

Let’s Stop Pretending Choices Only Matter For Adolescents

Among Christians, there's a sense that we've "made it" if we head into our adult years with our faith and our lives mostly in one piece. Except that isn't really the case. [Click title to read more.]

Christianity Is Not A Wellness Practice

Any time we use God as a means to our own end, any time we make God a "tool" that serves the same purpose as a crystal or a supplement or a coloring book - we've lost the plot. [Click title to read more.]

Make It Your Aim To Amaze Christ

I love the idea that Jesus was amazed. That it was possible to amaze Jesus. And that it undoubtedly still is. [Click title to read more.]

Obedience As Intimacy

Obedience is a form of engagement with God: an act of explicit intimacy and great love. [Click title to read more.]

Sometimes God’s Grace Weighs Heavy On Me

It's true that Christianity is simple, in the sense that it's easy enough to grasp and apply. But oh, sometimes it is hard: not to apply the good news to ourselves, but to live in the light of grace as it impacts others. [Click title to read more.]

A Reassurance: It’s Good When You’re Not The Center of The Universe

An overt focus on the self can be devastating. [Click title to read more.]

Lessons From A Robin’s Nest

In all honesty, too many of us are hothouse believers: Christians who only fully express their holy nature when the circumstances and the moment and their feelings are right. [Click title to read more.]

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.]

Monday Morning: Making Your Spiritual Practices Work Better When Your Hair Is On Fire

I don't want God to be a chore, or one more thing that I have to do for the day. Here are five things I've started doing to make my Monday spiritual practices a little more bearable. [Click title to read more.]