He Is There. Because He Wants To Be.

I marvel perpetually at God and His endless, endless patience for our shenanigans. [Click title to read more.]

The Hawk In My Yard: Or, Why Some People Struggle To Believe

It's at times like these that I understand why some people struggle to believe the Bible, and to believe God. I don't think it's just because of innate skepticism or because they can't bring themselves to believe in what they perceive to be myths; I think they're afraid it's too good to be true. [Click title to read more.]

In A Trying Time

In this fractured moment in history, God is waiting, willing, wanting to use His church. But His church must let itself be used. [Click title to read more.]

What You Can’t Imagine

There are endless, endless beauties, even in this sad and fallen world. [Click title to read more.]

Love Is Going To Feel Awkward

Loving or serving in the way God prefers is awkward and clumsy and strange and the only reason we can do it is because He does it from within us. [Click title to read more.]

Believers Have No Reason To Engage In Casual Cruelty. None.

That's the culture we're in: one where it's perfectly acceptable to be cruel, as long as you're funny and "no one gets hurt." Believers aren't exempt. [Click title to read more.]

God Did Speak. You Just Weren’t Listening.

Those of us who clamor for "a word from God" often mean that we want God to say something to us that He has not already said. [Click title to read more.]

Holy Conviction Isn’t As Terrifying As It Sounds

I used to believe that the conviction of the Holy Spirit operated like the buzzer on that old Operation game. But I was wrong. [Click title to read more.]

Where You Meet God Is Unique To You

If you are a believer, where you are, God is also. And where your great love and your great work is in His name, God rejoices. It is in those ordinary spaces that you stand the strongest chance of brushing up against glory. [Click title to read more.]

Eternity Doesn’t Matter To Us The Way It Should

Eternity - the prospect of a God beyond time, of endless endlessness with Him, of what it means - makes everything small: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Eternity dwarfs the worst wars and the brightest moments of human history. [Click title to read more.]