When we chase after anything other than God, we become commodified
Charles and Alex [soon-to-be] Sharrer and have asked me to perform their ceremony. This letter isn’t the wedding sermon I’ll deliver Labor Day weekend, but it’s just as personal and…
“Things” are spiritually neutral until we orient them either toward God or away from God
This letter was written to Jeremy Norwood, my friend and stalwart advocate for social justice. You are I both hate it when people look down on others. We hate…
Psalm 127.1-2
Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless…
Achievements can be idols or icons
I wrote this letter to one of our Westwinds’ sons, Collin Martoia, who has flown south and done great things. You’re an achiever. You might not feel like it….
Possessions can be idols or icons
This letter is for Stacy Jones, our only chick drummer and the gal with the biggest heart in town. Nothing neutralizes greed like giving. You’re a giver. You give…
Psalm 146.1-10
Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my…
People can be idols or icons
I wrote this letter for my dear friends, Jason and Erin Kreger. They’ll probably read it and think every metaphor is a euphemism for something very, very different. You…
Every city has idols and icons
This letter’s for Darcie Burdick, a young gal at The Winds who’s so full of life I sometimes think she’s two people. Have you ever seen one of those…
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