Affliction and the Ministry of Presence

Being present to those suffering matters - even and especially when it's difficult to do. [Click title to read more.]

Christian Nostalgia and High School Football

A local high school football game provoked nostalgia - and some thoughts on its purpose. [Click title to read more.]

Where else can I go? Nowhere but here, especially in darker days. [Click title to read more.]

Don't lose the strangeness and the wonder of what it means to really believe the fundamental tenets of the faith, [Click title to read more.]

Love costs us something. But the answer is never to pull back. [Click title to read more.]

You don't know what's coming--for good or for ill. And that's sort of the point. [Click title to read more.]

We have to welcome the starlings, too. [Click title to read more.]

God's goodness is the easiest thing to forget. [Click title to read more.]

Birdwatching teaches about more than birds. [Click title to read more.]

Here's the challenge: show up. You don't have to bring anything. Just show up. [Click title to read more.]