Guiding Thirst

Let the thirst lead, when everything else is dark. [Click title to read more.]

The Cup of Sorrow and Feast of Joy

Grieving doesn't always arrive leavened by joy, and you cannot think your way through drinking the cup of sorrow. But never doubt the joy will come. [Click title to read more.]

The Third Choice

God doesn't always work in either/or. [Click title to read more.]

Old Washer Christianity

My spiritual goal this year has a lot to do with seeking out tradition, tried-and-true practices, and fundamentals. [Click title to read more.]

Mundane Patience

Patience changes us, and we encounter it most often in our daily efforts to do good in spite of--well, everything. [Click title to read more.]

Starting With Identity

Claiming our identity in Christ requires the translation of deliberate thought into prayerful action. [Click title to read more.]

When Confidence Looks Like Callousness

I don't think we often realize it, but sometimes Christian confidence expressed in the wrong way can look a lot like Christian callousness - even when it's well-meaning. And compassion is the only way to leaven it. [Click title to read more.]

Fellowship Is What Happens – Or Should Happen – In Times Of Church Conflict And Disagreement

I fear that, over time, the church has lost its grasp of what fellowship actually is. We've reduced it to a positive, feel-good form of engagement: bonding at a Bible study, chatting over chips and dips, believers going out in kayaks together. And that's surely a part of fellowship, but not the entirety of it. Fellowship is what ought to happen - what needs to happen - at these crisis points when egregious wrongs have been committed and everyone is (justifiably!) angry and hurt. [Click title to read more.]