About Growing Up
Do People Change?
Even slight changes in patterns of behavior or thought are excruciatingly hard, and most of us won’t go through it unless we’re forced to.
What do you need?
Our anxiety shrinks the gospel because it says we need certainty, control, or happy circumstances to be okay. And that’s not true.
Shifting Focus
I’d been looking forward to this concert for three months, and now it was going to be ruined. The last time I saw the Indigo Girls was in Nashville, [...]
When Will We All Grow Up?
So I’ve been re-reading re-skimming Pete Scazzero’s book “The Emotionally Healthy Church,” and was struck by this insight: “It is not possible for a Christian to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally [...]
Business Matters
I’ve been thinking about my mortality lately, and if that’s not a set-up for a cliched blog post, I don’t know what is. I’m not contemplating it in the bucket list [...]
An Exciting Adventure of Loss
“An Exciting Adventure of Loss,” my 14-year-old stepson Miles announced. We looked at him quizzically for a moment, then collapsed into laughter. We play a lot of board games [...]