A Sober Confession
March 10, 2026
Hi, my name is Bob. I’m not an alcoholic. But I’m working through the 12 Steps anyway and it is changing my life. The 12 Steps are the...
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Seek My Face
February 25, 2026
One of the most enduring tourist attractions in the ancient world was the Temple at Delphi. For more than a thousand years, hordes of worshippers traveled...
Don't Meet Me in the Middle
January 13, 2026
Some people say that relationships are all about compromise. I’m not sure. He lives in NYC. She lives in Southern California. He loves the...
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Churches
December 01, 2025
All of us have habits. Some good; some bad. In The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Alan Kreider calls habits our embodied behaviors—our reflexes...
Songs of the Church
September 09, 2025
I’ve officially hit the age where new music no longer interests me. We already have enough. I’m not alone. Research suggests we prefer the...
The Generous Gene
August 27, 2025
Recently I thanked our girls for cleaning the kitchen. One of them said, “We didn't have a choice.” Good point. Every good discipline...
Christian Nationalism
August 13, 2025
It is really hard to be a faithful Christian for the sake of the world if we are also committed to an adulterous form of Christian Nationalism. Samuel...
Show Up
June 24, 2025
One of the most important things we can do in a relationship is be the kind of person that someone needs in that moment. This is hard because we are drawn...
Dream Cycle
June 17, 2025
Sometimes fear crushes our imagination. Nearly 130 years ago two young dreamers named Wilbur and Orville Wright ran a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. They...
