Welcome to the adventure! We'll be globetrotting through the gospel of John together, and I'm your guide. (Please keep all appendages in the vehicle at all times. And don't trust the zebras; they have sneaky feet.) What better place to start out than the majestic Taj Mahal? John opens his book with 18 verses that... Continue Reading →
Sifting back through some old blog posts from when we first moved to New England, I ran across this gem and thought I'd share it with you lovely people. No one laughs at God in a hospital;No one laughs at God in a war.(Regina Spektor) Here’s something you might not know about me: I’m a... Continue Reading →
(This post was originally published on the Baptist Convention of New England’s blog on August 21, 2019. You can find it here.) Martin Luther was a 16th century German cowboy with a one-trick pony called "Gospel." Utterly obsessed with the subject, this firebrand monk once wrote that “the truth of the gospel is the principal... Continue Reading →
September has come, sweeping the first brave leaves from the tips of trees and heaving the scent of an approaching harvest into the gold-tinged air. Let's gather gifts like a kid picking new pencils for the school year. As redemption seeps through the foam on every beverage in sight, infusing warmth into the deepest places... Continue Reading →
Back in my high school days, I wasn't known for having the keenest sense of direction. (Fine. I'm still not known for having the keenest sense of direction.) Without a navigational system constantly chirping instructions at me, I'd be more lost than a goose in a snowstorm. But when my GPS is whirring away, I... Continue Reading →
With the heap of hype about self care currently rumbling around the interwebs, it's no wonder our culture is dumping such enormous amounts of time, effort, and money into internal investment. Okay, that's theoretical. Let's make it personal. In the last month, how much time have you spent on investing in yourself/your family: physically (grooming,... Continue Reading →
These days, all it takes to make my internal temperature rise is spending about five minutes on Twitter. (That's the closest I get to news.) Good grief, people. We need Jesus. Drifting into the riptide of anxiety is easy when my eyes are fixed on this world—its chaos, its concerns, its leaders, its followers, its... Continue Reading →
(This post was originally published on the Baptist Convention of New England's blog on July 13, 2019. You can find it here.) It's startling how quickly anointing can become annoyance in ministry life. The king groaned and closed his window to shut out the jubilant roars. Responsibility weighed heavy on his shoulders, and now heaps... Continue Reading →
There you are, in the middle of a quite ordinary day, going about your business. Cue the bad news. Palms start sweating, heartbeats thunder, thoughts race like they're competing in a derby. Whether it's a regular occurrence or a rare one, we all have meltdowns; the perfect storm of circumstances and emotions is simply part... Continue Reading →
Two sisters, orphaned and isolated, loose winter's blast across the summer landscape and embark on a journey to drive it back home again. They fly a bicycle across the moon, the boy and his otherworldly creature. A little girl from nowhere shuts up a nightmarish beast into the fiery hole in a wall, saving her... Continue Reading →
The Dwelling Place 