Reflections on Good Friday & finding God in the tension.
Read moreThe Lasting Impact of Growing up with ADHD
I've learned how to work better with ADHD, but the lessons I learned growing up are hard to unlearn.
Read moreYou Can Stop
Thoughts on self-care and allowing ourselves to rest.
Read moreReclaiming Love on Valentine's Day
Let's push back against overhyped romance, and let's push back against cynicsm.
Read moreThe First Time I Was Honest with My Mom
Reflections on the hardest conversation I've ever had.
Read moreInto 2017 (with Joy & Hope).
If I hold on to the belief in better things only when things are going well, that's just happiness. But happiness is an emotion, a fleeting experience that is a reaction to circumstances and surroundings. Joy is a white-knuckled determination, a clinging to Truth when life is tossing us around.
Read moreWhere I Am
If Jesus is Light & Hope & Truth and if God is Love, than you were created in the image of these very things. You were created for them and out of them.
Read moreUs vs. Them: On Political Arguments
Nobody has ever been led to see the error of their ways by name-calling online or experienced significant heart change after seeing a snarky meme.
Read more4 Language Changes to Make Your Church More Mental Health Friendly
The way you talk about things gives people a glimpse into what you actually believe about them.
Read moreSheep, Goats, and Tires.
When you help other people in their time of pain and need, you are becoming more like Jesus.
But because He's also identifying with the down-and-out, the prisoner, and the sick, the following is also true: When you accept help from the people around you, you are also becoming more like Jesus.
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