Fifteen college students gather in a horseshoe of desks. It’s our last meeting of the year. “What’s your favorite Christmas memory?” he asks. I look around at the others, waiting for someone to speak up. I’m shy because my story, if I can even think of one, will be lame. Seconds later, in my mind’s…
“No one has access to the trash can.” A coworker uttered these words as she trained me on the hosting platform for our organization’s website and blog pages. She was encouraging me to get to know the system by exploring. Most things could be created without being published to the public site. The only thing…
Who here has been hurt by the church? I have, and I feel confident that if you’ve been in church for any length of time, you’ve probably been hurt too. In my thirty years of church involvement, I’ve witnessed enough hurt to call it quits—plenty of it. I’ll share one experience. Throughout my childhood, my…
One of my favorite hobbies is chasing a good sunset or sunrise. When my life seems out of control, something about the consistency of nature feels like a promise straight from Jesus. The other day as I was driving to work, an incredible sunrise was developing just ahead of me. I quickly began to realize…
The gospel I heard growing up started with Adam and Eve’s fall into sin and expulsion from the Garden of Eden. This led to how we all sinned and separated ourselves from God. It ended with how Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead to redeem us and restore us back…
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” ~Ram Dass One morning a few weeks ago, I awoke in a great deal of abdominal pain. I figured it would subside so I did a little stretching, took some ibuprofen, and went about my day. By mid-afternoon the pain had dramatically increased, and I…