Reminders that Father’s Day is almost here can be found everywhere. At the grocery, the mall, ads on the radio, and even highway billboards have suggestions to aide us in choosing an ideal gift for dad. But, the truth is, fathers day isn’t an ideal holiday for some (many) people. I used to be one […]
The rate at which humanity wastes and disregards limited resources has grown tremendously in recent decades. In our hurried lives we crave disposable items as we move through life “on the go” day to day at an increased pace. Passionate voices behind the recycle and reuse movements have presented catchy campaigns, hard data, and persuasive […]
“Do you want to get well?”- Jesus. The fact that Jesus asked this question to a man that had been sick for 38 years greatly troubles me. The answer should be seemingly obvious. The ill man described in the miraculous healing found in John chapter 5 was laying by a so-called healing pool utterly […]
Last night my six year old daughter Sakura got to go on a special date with her daddy. To say she was excited would be a grand understatement! She was elated at the thought of getting dressed up like a princess and for three weeks would daily ask, “How many more days till my date […]
I’m going to be transparent again today…When I begin with that disclaimer, well, it means I have no intention of sugar coating what I’m about to say. The number of times I have cried out a desperate please of “Help, Jesus!” in the past few weeks is shocking. I’m not kiddin. My brain has been […]
Last year I read the book Radical (David Platt) and it absolutely shook up my little comfortable world. I’ve never felt called to ministry or missions, and was previously fairly comfortable in the little Christian box I had myself tucked away in. Intentionally I had tried to shelter myself from the realities of poverty, sex […]
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