Many of us know what it is like to suffer loss and to experience tragedy. But what about when the misfortunes of Job are suddenly reversed, and a lot of goodness suddenly comes your way? In this podcast, I talk about my recent experience with the...
Christianity has become really good at reducing the mystery of faith to magical formulas of mathematical exactitude. But, in trying to make everything so certain, we might just be destroying the faith we claim to ultimately believe in and preach. In...
Jesus said the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. Tough words. For, if we are being honest with ourselves, that commandment almost seems... annoying. Loving our neighbor is simply not something most of us intuitively...
Do you have a favorite "life verse" in the Scripture, that really just seems to speak to you and comes to define your life? In today's podcast, I define what a life verse is, what one looks like, and how you can find a life verse. I also talk about...
Do you blow friends off at the last moment? Are you regularly late to work? In an age where people tend to come and go as they please, what ever happened to the virtue of faithfulness? In this week's podcast, I look at the heart behind what...
Marriage is forever, right? How would it make you feel if I told you that no marriage lasts forever? Would that make you upset, or would you breathe a sigh of relief? In today's podcast, I look at Jesus's teaching on the temporary nature of...
Why are some people poor and others rich? Is escaping poverty simply a matter of pulling up your boot straps and working hard? Dave Ramsey recently gave a "hot take" on this issue that I explore, as I talk about the complicated issues of poverty...
During the past year, COVID-19 has put our lives on pause one way or another. Metaphorically, we probably have a sense that we've all died. And having died, we all long to live again. In today's podcast, I talk about our longing for resurrection...
Abraham Lincoln predicted that America would not fall as the result of an external foe, but by suicide. The outcome of the 2020 election appears to be our possible suicide pact. President Trump and his supporters protested in DC this week outside...
COVID-19 has many people talking about the "new normal." In today's podcast, I want to talk about letting go of the "old normal," as we learn to adapt to a world in transition. To do this, I want to look at the preaching of John the Baptist and...