Creating space to experience the grace of Jesus Christ in your place of need
Who’s the Greatest?
Who’s the greatest? It’s one of our favorite questions. We ask it across all spheres of life. Sizing things up. Evaluating. Comparing. It was one of the disciples favorite questions too.
Good Friday
Why is this day called “good?”
Out with the Old and In with the New
What does it mean that we live in a new covenant?
Follow the Joy
Our take on evangelism
Squirrels, Beckham, Les Mis, Public Enemy, and Jesus
The difference between simply talking about Jesus and actually being given Jesus.
The Power of Losing
The conclusion to long shadows, sibling rivalries, and the world’s idea of strength.
Masculinity and the Long Shadow of Joshua
What does it mean to be a man? Does the gospel of Jesus Christ have anything to say about masculinity?
The Power of Love
The power of God’s love for us.
The Healing of Shame
What does it look like to actually experience the healing of shame?
Free to Descend
The life of grace is one of descending not ascending.
No More Hiding
How the grace of Jesus meets us in our secret lives.
New Music: WAVES is out today!
NEW MUSIC: WAVES is out now!
Seabiscuit, Zoolander, and Sonship
God’s grace and the Spirit of sonship
1 Out of A Million - Reflections on Mission to Uganda
What is the Church’s Message and Mission?
Burdensome Honor - Reflections on Mission to Uganda
The grace of having your schedule blown to bits
God, Pleasure, and You
Where does pleasure fit in with faith? Does it at all?
St. Patrick’s Day: A Brief Theology of Partying
Partying on St. Patrick’s Day makes total sense and is biblical.
Human Potential or Radical Grace?
What is God’s grace if it is not radical?
Qualifications please.
Have you ever been in a situation where you have felt unqualified? When you had been weighed in the balances and found wanting?
Ruined by Grace
Have you ever had a taste of the absolute best of something…something or someone that just explodes your expectations, and everything and everyone else just pales in comparison? Grace is like that.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
— John 12:24
Visual Art
When visual art connects to us, it puts pictures to the words we cannot find. It slips past our defenses and awakens us. It might awaken grief, anger, admiration, compassion, or anything else deep in our soul. It reminds us that we are more than our to-do list, more than our rational, logical endeavors. We long to feel alive. Our creativity tells on us.
I hope my creative journey (so far) in paint, charcoal, graphite, sharpie connects to you.
Music
Music has an amazing ability to penetrate past our rational defenses and cut straight to our needy and hurting places. It can agitate, open up, and soothe what is stuffed down and closed off. It is a powerful form of language that allows us to express what at times seems inexpressible, a release valve for our souls.
These are some of the songs that give voice to pieces of my journey. Perhaps they will connect to yours and hopefully open up the door for deeper understanding and grace for yourself and others. At the very least, I hope they sound good to you ;)
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