It was just another day around the pool of Bethesda. The usual crowd of weary hopefuls, lingering by the pool with worn faces, stared daily in anticipation of divine intervention. The word on the street was that if you were the first person to get in the pool when the angels stirred the waters, you’d…
Cease and Be Still
We battle to own the apostates. We fight in our bunkers of shares.We taunt them with jesting emojis.We rage with our unflinching stares. We argue our case on the platforms.We scroll, we like, we subscribe.We give the guilty comeuppance.In political tribes, we abide. And we wonder why we are dyingas descendants are leaving the church.But…
How I Learn Best
The greatest lessons I learn about the gospel are found in relationship with other people. Not just believers but in every relationship. The lepers, the Pharisees, the prostitutes, the wasted and the weary– they’re all right here today. I learn best about the gospel when I am under oppression, when I realize my own failures…
The Baptist Futurist
Here’s a great conversation with Chris Forbes on churches, cooperation, and the future.
The Mystery of Making Stuff Up
Most creatives can’t explain how they do what they do. Formulas escape them. The mysterious process occurs somewhere between the prefrontal and motor association cortex. Apart from the mechanics of syntax, color, structure, template, perspective, and story arc, creators are at the mercy of something no one but God understands. Like little children at supper,…
I am Clay
My life is on the wheel…Earthbound clay Spinning. Wondering. Why are His hands changing me? With purpose What is He creating in me? What does He see? Is there a purpose in the pain? Stretching, sensing, swirling, struggling I’m smaller than I used to be, it seems The Mosaic of broken dreams I’m dizzy with change…
Random Notes on the Bible
Recently, we’ve seen God’s word questioned, defiled, glorified, and deified. It’s all caused me to really think through what the Word of God means to me. God’s word is peace to me, but God’s word also disturbs the peace in my life. That’s right, it disturbs the peace. It causes me to see the storms….
cloud of witnesses
some plan their own phantasmagorical funeral preacher boys with stories that’d make everyone cry. even mother-in-laws and accountants I have different plans on that day. when i die I’ll watch my father sling jawbones with samson both made it in the door by the grace of God same as noah he found grace he discovered…
A Father’s Blessing
I want you to know how proud I am to be your father. You have brought so much joy into my life with your humor, passion, your hunger for knowledge, and your love of life. I hope that you will remember this night as a time when I gave you my blessing. Always know that…
Aging 30 Years in Half a Second
Recently, I did the annual New Year’s cleaning. I love getting rid of stuff. Like most, it happens on a warm Saturday afternoon after the garage sale. We sold 174 items and ended up with around 35 dollars. I was amazed that so many of people don’t want what we don’t want. By the end of the…