matt tullos: writer
For forty years, I’ve been collecting scattered moments — in hospital rooms and sanctuaries, in seasons of grief and flashes of unexpected joy. Places where grace showed up quietly and changed everything. I’ve always believed that faith grows best not in comfort, but in the unexpected classrooms of suffering. And I’ve wanted to find a […]
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 […]
You can measure one’s faith by their ability to move on. Jesus encountered many people who fawned and queried Him, looking to work out some kind of bargain, complete with caveats and clauses. He presents each follower with a moment. These moments connect us to a point of decision. When that moment comes, you’d better […]
I’ve asked myself this question for years now and I still see through a glass darkly. I am guided and shaped in the midst of my own perplexities. One fact counters the next, but this list is true. Everything else is still on the table. I am loved by Christ . . .often wrongrarely strongseduced […]
As I read the Gospel, there’s something that stands out in so many narratives and backstories. Jesus loves desperate people. Whether it’s the pleading father, the paralyzed man whose friends tore the roof off a house, or the sufferings of the entire nation of Israel, desperate people always get His attention. I can remember times […]
This is the first episode of seven on “A Scattered Feast” Season three. ____ I fell headlong into the chasm of my willful atrocities.Some subtle and slight. Under the surface. Others are so visible I must tremble. The level of my careless rebellion is undeniable.Without a word of recompence I have stood, not knowing the grief […]
He’s my secret Treasure amidst the lies of gold The Captain of my vessel, the Guardian of my soul The Champion of my battles, my Warrior in the night My Guardian, Provider, within the fiercest fight He’s Architect and Builder of my forever home A Friend that’s like none other. I never walk alone. He […]