Getting Better With The Church
The Church is the bride of Christ, and she is an amazing beauty. Her teeth may be crooked, but her smile is sexier than Hell. Her eyes are so bright…
Blending Pray and Play
One of my favorite new things at The Winds blends well the motif of praying and playing at the same time. Part- entertainment and part-therapy, our video confession booth was…
WHY YOU SHOULD PLAY
WHY YOU SHOULD PLAY You may not know this about me, but I’m dreadfully serious. I’m prone to displays of intensity, anger, and power. My chosen profession doesn’t diminish this….
Show Your Scars, Not Your Sores
We live in a culture that festishizes our wounds. You’ve been hurt? Tell the world. Someone betrayed you? Brandish your victimization. But we forget that wounds are ugly. We forget…
Cynicism and Naivety
When I speak of virtue or happiness or God’s plan to heal the world, there are always those who mistakenly believe I have never seriously considered the flaws of the…
Good and Godly Work
I have been a scuba diver for many years and have gone on hundreds of dives across North America. Three have been environmental rescue dives. I visited sites in crisis…
Burning Passion
Every fire needs two kinds of fuel: kindling and firewood. Kindling burns easily, but is quickly consumed. Our passions have kindling—ideas, insights, role models, or materials that cause our imaginations…
Vagrants, Vagabonds, Tourists, and Resident-Aliens
Zygmunt Bauman was one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. One of his favorite means of talking about the ways we interact was to distinguish between “tourists” and…
LEGO Pray and Play
Recently I read an article in Harvard Business Review about Lego and their commitment to innovation. If you have children you’re probably already aware of Lego’s mastery of childlike fascination,…
We’ll Never Get It All Right
We’ll never get our theology totally right (though no theologian would ever agree). But the truth is that when we stand before God he will reveal entirely new ways of…
Making Things Right
God knows exactly what to do to make things right between us and others, and he wants to teach us, but the process is slow. Perhaps by design. Perhaps God’s…
A Church of Misfits
There are two signs outside of our church. The north entrance says “Welcome Rabble Rousers and Rebels” while the east entrance proclaims “Welcome Misfits and Miscreants.” When we first made…