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October 2019

October 02, 2019
Last week I returned to an event that means a lot to me. At The...

September 2019

September 24, 2019
Growing up in the south, I learned the finer art of slow. Of course I...
September 22, 2019
"I think that's just a thing where you grew up," Holley said. Of course my...
September 20, 2019
A few years back, I completed a doctoral project on the topic of prayer (specifically...
September 13, 2019
What we do with our pain is in fact one of the most significant things...
September 07, 2019
Have you ever walked into a space – an empty, quiet space, or even a...
September 04, 2019
I’ve learned a lot from living with two women. One is my daughter, the other...

August 2019

August 30, 2019
Organization has never been my thing. I know many people who can say this, and...
August 27, 2019
I have a habit that requires I make a very costly decision. Actually, it requires...
August 18, 2019
Parancanthurus hepatus. The surgeon fish, or the royal blue tang, or the regal tang. Pick any name...
August 12, 2019
My wife and I are catching up on the series Lucifer, once on network TV...
August 11, 2019
The sun came up, gently, again this morning. Surprisingly I have memories of the same...
August 03, 2019
I can hear my wife chuckle before the words are even out of my mouth....

July 2019

July 29, 2019
As a parent of a pre-teen, I’m constantly unearthing pithy and extremely unhelpful phrases. These...
July 25, 2019
About a year and change ago, I started recording episodes of a podcast. The "otherWISE"...
July 22, 2019
I've heard several very good spiritual conversations end in the exact same way. With the...
July 19, 2019
I’ve just returned home from a few days of vacation. For the last 19 years...
July 14, 2019
Life and relationships are all about posture. My wife Holley came in with groceries yesterday....
July 11, 2019
Let me begin by saying this: I use social media on a regular basis. Facebook,...
July 05, 2019
I decided to do a quick Google search for the phrase “fall in love.” The...
July 01, 2019
In the past, I’ve been honest about a particular personal hang-up. For whatever reason, I...

June 2019

June 27, 2019
Let me say that again, differently: the wisdom of spiritual formation will save the world.  This...
June 25, 2019
The week technically began yesterday (Monday), but if you’re like me it takes a day...
June 19, 2019
What gives you life? The lesson I have learned in the past 2-3 years is...
June 14, 2019
On any given morning in my house, you'll find one of the mugs pictured here...
June 10, 2019
Ok, so that was a wild title. It's just a reading list. But the title...
June 06, 2019
The first big step in my spiritual formation came in a small church in southern...
June 01, 2019
In a post from just after Easter, I talked about the lessons I learned while...

May 2019

May 30, 2019
If we feel stuck right now, perhaps we should stay there? The life of faith...
May 22, 2019
Faith isn’t opposed to thinking, nor is our formation. I’ve always been interested in how...
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