When We Misunderstand What God’s Favor Looks Like

Be wary of reading the tea leaves of your circumstances to deduce how God feels about you. [Click title to read more.]

Paying Attention To God (And Your Own Mind)

We talk a lot about hearing God and paying attention to Him, but we have a habit of then immediately turning on every device and engaging in every activity within reach, often with mindless fervor. No wonder we can't hear anything! [Click title to read more.]

The Master of the Sea

One of the blessings of growing older in Christ has been the simple knowledge that I can only control so much. [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.]

This Good Earth: Different Kinds of Worship

God has a funny way of turning things around on us: worship isn't always about music. [Click title to read more.]

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.]