Being single, sexual, and spiritual
For as long as I’ve been in ministry, one of the major complaints about anything to do with love and sexuality comes from single people. To them, it feels like…
Prophetic Reorientation
Every church is different because churches are comprised of people and people are themselves varied, dissimilar, and diverse. Every church is called to be an agency of healing, but that…
You can get what you want and still be disappointed
You can get what you want and still be disappointed. Herod had ambitious plans for Judea, but they required Rome’s resources. He needed military policing and protection. He needed money….
Making it right
How do you make right the unintended, unforeseen, unwanted consequences of your sin? Well, you need to first acknowledge that – while you cannot control or even take responsibility for…
Jesus keeps the monsters away
When my son, Jacob, was about five years old he became woefully afraid of monsters. Having been unwisely introduced to vampires by a distant relative, Jacob used to lay awake…
Gods and Goddesses
In the first Testament, Marduk was one of many gods that plagued the Israelites. his image astride a dragon at one time decorated the Ishtar Gate, an entrance to Babylon,…
What God wants from us results in what God wants for us
God knows how to live because he invented life. God wants what he wants because it’s best—for us, for others, for the world. Though it may not feel best now,…
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