You know the voices. I’m doing too much. I need space, air, rest. I’m not doing enough. I need motivation, discipline, strategy. We’re flung in circles by this mental merry-go-round until we’re dizzy with life — drunk on contradiction and …
Once upon a time, the Pastor and I had lunch with a woman who spent most of our hour together extolling the virtues of her divorce. She had finally left her husband — one who was a simple provider to …
People like Jesus, but they don’t like Christians. I’ve heard it a thousand times, with most of the posts and articles prescribing solutions of improved Christian behavior to solve this problem. What would Jesus do, and all that. Act more …
The word “resolution” betrays itself right from the start. It sounds like a new beginning, but it promises an end — a “resolving” of things that are broken — the hope of being perfect and finished — the assurance that …
Twenty years ago today, the Pastor and I took our first steps down the aisle and into our future. We could see the horizon there — a timeline stretching straight from our vows to where the dark sky stretches down …
In the beginning of Colossians chapter 2, Paul gives voice to a heartache we all share: For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have …
