matt tullos: writer
If you’re not into metaphors, nothing to see here. If you love it like I do, come along! In the arid Judean wilderness, perched on the edge of the Dead Sea, lies Qumran, a site steeped in history and mystery. It’s here that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, unlocking ancient truths and revealing a […]
We can approach Him. To do so is to be rescued from the typical and baptized into the extraordinary. We can come boldly because He replaced the burden of our shame with the throne of grace. May we not miss the bliss of God’s pleasure and purpose in our calling. We can run to him for mercy […]
We have more ways to hear God’s Word than any generation before us. Me? I have three Bible apps, several audio bibles, and e-bibles on my phone. That phone also sends me a chime and a verse every morning at 6:00. I have a great church family with access to daily resources, great Sunday worship […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here’s a great conversation with Chris Forbes on churches, cooperation, and the future.
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]