On Faith in the Very Slow Middle
Faith is for the very slow middle of life. It calls us to get comfortable in the unfinished finished.
Every Baby a Prophet, Every Cry an Oracle
God is the original author of such stories as we find in children’s books.
On My Daughter, Sincerity, and Rehabbing from Years of Cringe Humor
To scoff is to be Millennial.
A Counter-Cultural Prayer for Finding Identity: God, Make Me Less Like Myself
Is being myself the best way to be me?
On Leaving Home: Confessions of a Rich Young Ruler
How our most beautiful prayers do produce the most pain in the end.
Jesus Reverses Human Darkness: The Calling of Two Sets of Brothers
When the Old Testament plays its final note, we are left brokenhearted, holding the shattered pieces of an unresolved drama…
Fear: The Gift from God You Didn’t Want
The things that terrify us the most are often God’s kindest gifts.
Can revival fall as American Christianity collapses?
Do we really want more American Christians?
Dear 2020: did you give us poppies, or daisies?
Dear 2020, Hatred for you is trending. But is our indignance misplaced? Are you the villain, or we?
On Quarantine Management, WW2, Shipwrecks, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Narrative—not Fact—is where the real power is.
On Werewolves, Bricks, Florence Nightingale, and God’s Goodness
…We tend to think of God’s goodness and our suffering as mutually exclusive.
The Wailing Women of Nepal
…You observe their hunger for the Father and ask yourself, “Jesus, do I really love you like these women love you?”
Community: Gospel Inclusion & Western Seclusion
Community is about the movement of the gospel…