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Grasping for trust

This Monday morning finds me frayed. I want so desperately to be on top of my game and able to say that I am doing something worthwhile, moving in the right direction, being a success... and all of this things are fleeti…
On being stale

I was thinking this morning, on my failed attempt at a morning run, that I used to feel so much more spiritual. I headed out on this beautiful morning with the full intention of enjoying a nice run, but as my headache co…
The presentation

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Preacher or Conversational Facilitator

As I contemplate ministry, intentionality, and the type of person that I want to be or the community I want to be a part of, so many things come to mind. Bear with my reflections. I have a masters degree in Divinity.…
Grocery shopping

I realized yesterday how wonderfully therapeutic grocery shopping is for me. Being there, taking as much time as I want, having my own cart to push, watching people and their own way of experience, seeing such a mix…
Ash Wednesday - my experience as a disillusioned evangelical

is Easter season (exclamation points already, as indeed it is the season) is the first time that I have given any thought to the idea or tradition of lent. I must preface this by saying that as a traditional conservative…
Bullied no more

The other day I was sitting in bus class listening to yellow bus fanatic Pat, with the phony Nu Yoak axcent, tawking about the importance of bully prevention. It is such an important thing, he was saying, and we need t…
What am I offering the world?

Just got back from the Twin Cities Emergent Church Cohort. Good group of guys and really good discussions around preaching and the relevancy of content, delivery, and intent. I have to chuckle as so often my conversation…
Upheld

"Better is a little that the righteous person has, than the abundance of many wicked. "For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous." Psalm 37:17 Lord, all I want is to be ri…
Off Days

Yesterday was an off-day. Let me explain what I mean. An off-day is when my ticker is just not ticking right. When the words don’t come and questions don’t either and I just stare off into space. This is an off-day.…