You may have noticed that I haven’t been nearly as active with my blog posts. A lot of that has to do with the passing holiday season. Ours wasn’t quite as chaotic as we’ve been accustomed to. This was our first time to spend our holidays 1200 miles from “home.” We missed getting to see our friends and family, but we loved the intimacy we shared this seas… Read more
Fear, Love, and The Forgotten Jesus
Love.
It’s not something that we can easily encapsulate in a one-sentence description. In fact, there are complete libraries on the subject. It’s an ambiguous subject, and one could spend their entire life trying to understand it — what a fantastic idea!
In a world wrought with hatred, indifference, intolerance, and so many horrible things, there stands L… Read more
Red-Letter Story
In my past life, I was a Worship Pastor. A lot has changed since then, but my love for music hasn’t.
I just finished writing a song (video & lyrics below) about this journey, and I want to share it with you. I gave away all of my recording equipment when I started this journey, so please forgive its raw nature.
First, a little background…
I have had much to say on the subjec… Read more
Line in The Sand
I’m grieving today. To be honest, I’ve been grieving for a while, but today and yesterday are different.
Jesus followers — especially American — are divided. It’s no longer a Baptist vs. Methodist, Catholic vs. Lutheran, or Assembly of God vs. Church of God rift.
It’s now Jesus vs. America.
As Jesus followers, we don’t have the luxur… Read more
Equality in Leadership
This is a topic that has gone through a complete transfiguration in my mind over the last few years — a change for the better. I can’t tell you how much sexism gets under my skin now. To me, it’s worse than having shards of wood shoved under my fingernails.
Even as a young boy, I defended girls. A buddy and I saw a boy picking on a group of girls once. They were screaming … Read more
Selfless Holidays
There’s an annual battle that takes place around this time of year. One that has the appearance of good but never actually accomplishes anything. The war waged is Christians versus The World — sometimes it’s really just Christians vs. Christians.
It’s really easy to get caught up in the battle, especially on social media.
The narrative is all too famil… Read more
YOU are not your body!
Unfortunately, links in this post will be classified as NSFW. 
Society has robbed you of who you are. They say you’re too fat, too skinny, too whatever…
Somehow you are your body.
Impressions of ourselves have been cheapened by the opinions of corporations marketing goods.
It’s still taboo in many cultures to be naked in public, but commonplace in so many oth… Read more
The Great Ruler’s Message – a short story
There once was a great ruler (The Ruler). The Ruler reigned over all the land, and there was none greater than he. He took the best of all he owned and freely gave it to his people. His love for them was steadfast – unrelenting; some say it was a reckless love.
The Great Ruler was unlike any other, in that his rule wasn’t enforced by demand. He was a quiet and gentle ruler. H… Read more
LGBTQ, Abortions, Widows, and Orphans – Part 3
DISCLAIMER:
I know that even just one of the things listed on the title of this post is highly controversial, let alone 4! I’m still in the early stages of figuring out how to voice my thoughts as lovingly as possible, so please continue to bear with me as I get that lined out. With that said, please note that I’m not targeting anyone with this post. An… Read more
LGBTQ, Abortions, Widows, and Orphans – Part 2
Part 1 of this series can be found here.
DISCLAIMER:
I know that even just one of the things listed on the title of this post is highly controversial, let alone 4! I’m still in the early stages of figuring out how to voice my thoughts as lovingly as possible, so please continue to bear with me as I get that lined out. With that said, please note that I’m not targeting anyone wit… Read more