Take a few minutes to read how Scripture inspires our community.
My Friend’s Mom
The loss of my friend’s mom has been an incredibly difficult journey to process and fully navigate. I’m not just grappling with the passing - her death - but more so, the overwhelming grief and sadness experienced by family and friends who see that she is no longer here. Watching someone I care about deeply, going through that kind of pain is heartbreaking.
In Prayer with Scripture
In the Scriptures, Jesus worked closely with Mary and Martha, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and others. There are moving stories of Anna the prophetess, the widow of Nain, and others that Luke records.
A Pastor’s Formation and On-going Journey
As I now reflect on three decades, I want to share the six formative stages in my ministry experience.
On Reading
702. That’s how many books I’ve read (and listened to on audio books) since 2011.
Happy 2025: The Year of the Snake
God’s blessings in the New Year. Culturally, it’s the year of the snake (2025). I’m going to begin this New Year’s reflection with something closer to home, a cultural thought, then, move to the Old and conclude with the New Testament.