Reading Time: 3 minutes As I’ve written before, I believe the blues are modern psalms of lament. They name everyday pains and stresses with-in …
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Easter is an emotional contradiction for me. Each day of Holy Week stokes a flaring exhilaration. Slowly I journey through …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Saviors have risen and fallen. But on the cross Jesus fell then rose. Weighted by the world but lifted by love.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Prayer is a wrestling match, a hard conversation, more listening than talking. I know my prayers are too often just cosmic shopping lists for God to fulfill should God care to.
Reading Time: 2 minutes O God who sees me, Life is full of unexpected and undetected gifts: My dog’s cold nose on my warm …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Jerry Seinfeld once joked that if most people’s number one fear is public speaking while death is their number two, …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s common to experience God sightings in sunsets, geese in flight, ocean waves, and other aspects of nature. Nature reflects …
Reading Time: 6 minutes People and dust choked the road as they vacated the city after Passover. Jerusalem once so full of life now …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Confession is difficult. It’s an act of vulnerability. To paraphrase the Miranda Rights statement: We remain silent because anything we …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes When something is made common or even popular, it often loses its meaning and power. There are many examples of …