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There are so many days where “information runs like excess rain.” Between seminary, student ministry, personal reflections, and a new season of marriage, one idea doesn’t always quickly emerge among the dozens of topics I come across. But what I reflect on below has been forming for a while. There’s a lot of reasons why…

(This blog is structured a little more like a devotional of Galatians/Romans so I encourage you to reflect on the Scripture passages while reading this). What should I do?  In some way or another, this the question we’re all asking as we go about our lives. Whether you are faced with a difficult choice or…

red ink change I remember how proud I was of some of the rough draft papers I submitted in college. A week later, the paper given back to me looked like a crime scene: covered in red. Over time, I began to dread the red ink markups, even when professors would write encouraging things. To…

On the Run In the story of Jonah, one of God’s very own representatives turns from God’s calling and stubbornly tries to escape. Instead of going to the violent, unjust Assyrian city of Nineveh, Jonah goes as far as he can the opposite direction. Anyone who reads the story can quickly identify the foolishness of…

A People of Story One of my favorite movies as a teenager was Inception. The premise of the film was that there were dreams within dreams, worlds within worlds; ultimately, one couldn’t trust that the reality around them was real and true. Throughout the story, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character pursues one mission above all else: returning…

As I look around at my surroundings, I find that the landscape of the pluralistic, diverse society of modern America often mirrors aspects of a marketplace. In the marketplace of ideas, one worldview or rivaled by several other alternate ways of viewing the world just as food or goods of one vendor stand in a…

I remember when I was college, I was constantly uncovering new ideas, deeper definitions for concepts, and connecting the dots of my worldview. It was a fun time; an era of discovery, youth, and way too little sleep. As I was growing as a disciple of Jesus, I came across a quote that would deeply…