Advice for Young Adults
I’m thinking today about the advice I would give a young adult, and it keeps circling back to clarity and freedom. We share experience, we...
Escaping the Rumor Mill
Today I turn toward a deceptively small temptation that carries real spiritual weight. The rumor mill. It looks harmless. Inviting, even. Yet once we step...
Nothing Fails Like Success
One of the challenging insights around life that sometimes sneaks up on us quietly is that “Nothing fails like success.” I watch how good habits...
A Five Star Life
I find myself wondering what really makes something five star. A restaurant. A hotel. Even a moment between people. It keeps coming back to goodwill,...
Injecting Goodwill into Everyday Life
I invite you into a simple exercise today, simple and hard at the same time, because spiritual life is rarely just theology in the abstract....
No Re-Takes but Endless New Starts
God does not hand us reruns. Instead, He offers new beginnings. When mistakes linger and the mind drifts into coulda, woulda, shoulda, we feel the...
What is Our Obligation to God?
I’m reflecting today on a simple, searching question. What is our obligation to God? Standing in the midst of ordinary life, even on a quick...
What Does Gods Mercy Look Like?
This morning I keep returning to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, because it refuses to leave us comfortable. Someone asks Jesus, “What do I...
