I took the red pill yesterday, and God showed me how deep in my heart the rabbit-hole goes. It started with what seemed like a…
I want to say this up front. I am challenged by what follows. In fact, I don’t really like today’s post. As I contemplate it…
When I was writing yesterday’s post on coming undone I could not help but think of the other similar stories in the New Testament of women…
I have read many wonderful reflections during this first week of Lent. Unfortunately, I grew up in a faith tradition that largely ignored the Christian…
I grew up in a Pentecostal tradition that places a fairly strong emphasis on the belief that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of…
One of my favorite definitions of worship comes from the famous Hasidic Jewish Rabbi, philosopher, and mystic, Abraham Joshua Heschel. He defined it this way:…
Israel wanted a king. They wanted an earthly ruler so that they might be like the other nations. God knew that Israel would ask for…
This is a six part series covering the first three chapters of Genesis and the last three chapter of Revelation. These posts are not intended…
Prolepsis is a literary term that refers to flash forwards, foreshadowing, and/or anticipation in a story. In terms of our walk with God, prolepsis is a future…
This is a six part series covering the first three chapters of Genesis and the last three chapter of Revelation. These posts are not intended…
This is a six part series covering the first three chapters of Genesis and the last three chapter of Revelation. These posts are not intended…
For nearly two thousand years the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew has captivated the hearts, minds, and imaginations of Christ followers everywhere. It has been affectionately…
Learning to fight is just as important for girls as it is boys, but I suspect this issue is particularly important for men at this…
I remember wrestling with my father as a child. It was something that I loved to do. He would get on all fours on the…
It is a strange and sordid tale, which is precisely why it grabs my attention. It takes place in the messy context of tragedy and…