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An Invitation to Rest
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Pain and Loss (of Presence)
Recently I was interviewed for a Christianity Today podcast that accompanies an extensive research project done on the effect Covid had on the church…
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Figure It Out Kid!
“I learned something today, Dad.” “Oh yeah? What’s that buddy?” “I learned the starting pay where I want to work is only like $12-$13 an hour. That’s…
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The journey of faith isn’t about escaping hell; it is about embracing heaven
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Prayer Doesn’t Work
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Shouting Hosanna from the Bathroom Floor
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Seeing God in Fanciful Creatures and Made-Up Worlds
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Everything Sad Untrue
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You Are My Density
“Loraine, you are my density.” “What?” “My destiny.” “Ohhhh.” An awkward George McFly stumbled through his attempt to invite Loraine to the “Enchantment…
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How Are You Today?
“How are you today?” I shook my head in reply and said, “It came later today. I’m still recovering.” I’d spent the last ten minutes sitting in the…
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The Night is for Stillness (Revisited )
AKA Adventures in Panic Attacks and Ambulance Rides
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Sunshine and Surgery, Boat Rides and Baptism, Mimosas and Mourning
“Here! Take this.” She shoved a small bottle of sterile water into my hand. I wedged my way in carefully between the respiratory therapist and the nurse…
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Adventures with 13-year-old humans
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These Tears Felt Different
Something broke inside of me. I stood in the corner of the room as she buried her face in the soft blanket that covered her daughter’s still and silent…
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I Am Not Alone
The Gospel according to chapped lips and bloody wrists
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It’s not magic, or rocket science… just love.
I don’t know why, but I trust you. You have kind eyes. God loves me? Do you really believe that? Thank you. Would you stay with me for a while? I feel…
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Let Me Introduce You to My Friend Faith
“Thank you for proclaiming a gospel that rings true!” She caught me off guard. I’d just led the first of five two-hour sessions at camp. I never quite…
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Working It Out As I Go
Working It Out As I Go
A series of incomplete, awkward, and sometimes even heretical thoughts about Scripture, theology, and whatever else is on my mind.
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