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Advent of Love
In a world filled with conflict, division, anxiety, and outrage, it is easy to ask, “Where is the love?” We see tension between nations, arguments in families, hostility online, and impatience in our own hearts. We know love is needed, but we often forget what true love really is.
Two Kinds of Wisdom
We live in a time when information is everywhere. With a few taps, we can find advice on parenting, health, money, relationships, politics, faith, and almost anything else. AI has only intensified this, providing impressive information on any topic in seconds. But more information has not necessarily made us wiser. In fact, the louder the world gets, the harder it can be to recognize what is actually true.
Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Most of us do not like to think about the end of our lives. We stay busy, make plans, raise families, build careers, and assume there will always be more time. But Scripture invites us to live with wisdom by remembering that our days are numbered.
Surgical Freedom
Some pain does not go away because we ignore it. In fact, the things we hide often grow stronger in the dark. Secret sin, deep resentment, fear, shame, and wounds from the past can feel like spiritual cancer, quietly eating away at our joy, peace, and freedom.
Missio Dei
You have a purpose. You have access to the power of God. The question is: will you go where Jesus is sending you?
Enemies of Flourishing (World)
True joy is not found in chasing every desire. It is found in the presence of God. The pleasures of the world fade, but the kingdom of God lasts forever.
Cheating on God
Peace does not begin by blaming everyone else. It begins by bringing our own hearts before God.
Omnipresent Love
There are moments in life when we feel close to God, when worship feels alive, prayer feels natural, and obedience feels clear. But there are also moments when we feel lost, alone, ashamed, or overwhelmed.
The Fear of the Lord
What comes into your mind when you think about God? For many people, God is either distant and angry or gentle and uninvolved, someone who simply wants us to be nice and happy. But Scripture gives us a much fuller picture: God is loving and gracious, but He is also holy, just, powerful, and worthy of awe.
We Will Be Filled
All of us live with a low-grade ache inside—an unrest we can’t quite shake. We chase careers, relationships, money, entertainment, pleasure, and comfort, hoping one of them will finally quiet the noise in our souls. But if we’re honest, it’s not really working.
Wonder of Words
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” We’ve all heard it. Many of us have said it. But deep down, we know it isn’t true.
Reimagining the Pastoral Vocation
Carey Nieuwhof recently noted in his church trends for 2026 that we are in a pastoral crisis. We don’t currently have enough next-generation pastors to fill the vacancies left by current pastors retiring.
There are many reasons for this: a shifting cultural moment, lower pay, the increasing difficulty of the job in divided times, lack of trust in institutions and leaders in general, and much more.
This post is by no means aiming to solve the pastoral crisis, but I do want to add one piece of the puzzle by reimagining the pastoral role.
How to Win at _____
How do we dream and live out the vision that the Lord has given us? One of the richest sources of practical wisdom is the book of Proverbs.
Spiritual Hoarding
If you’ve ever watched the TV show Hoarders, you know the mess doesn’t happen overnight. It starts small—an overstuffed closet, a junked-up room—until eventually the whole house is overrun. Our souls can look the same way. Call it spiritual hoarding: hidden sins, buried memories, unresolved shame.
Flourishing Families
Many of us come from imperfect, and even very broken, homes. Have you ever asked, “Is a flourishing home actually possible for someone like me?” Scripture paints a surprisingly hopeful picture. Psalm 127–128 describes a home buzzing with life and peace: a table full of laughter, children like “olive shoots” (strong, steady, fruitful), meaningful work, and a deep sense of blessing. Not perfection—flourishing.
Flourishing in Life With God
Most of us have had that strange moment: on paper, everything looks great—you’ve got the job, the relationship, the apartment, even the sleep and the health metrics—and yet inside, you don’t feel like you’re flourishing. Something is still missing.
Pursuing the Wanderer
As of 2023, an estimated 40 million people in America have left the church. That’s not just a staggering statistic—it’s millions of individual stories. Names. Faces. Friends and family who once worshiped beside us and now are gone.
Ten Reasons Your Church Needs a Prayer Gathering
There is a resurgence happening in the Western Church right now around the importance of prayer.
Coming from streams of Christianity that had very little place for a corporate prayer gathering, I was skeptically curious. But as I began to dive into the theology, historical precedent, and lived practice of prayer, I became convinced that a consistent prayer gathering is essential to my philosophy of ministry.