I recently came across this definition of sin by Jim Keenan: "Sin is a failure to bother to love." This surprised me because the word sin usually just conjures up images of a list of don'ts that begs the question, often yelled, "WHY NOT?" In Keenan's way of thinking, sin is more a poor posture... Continue Reading →

I overslept this morning and missed my writing time for this blog post. I overslept this morning and didn't read my Bible. I overslept this morning and didn't meditate or say my normal prayers. I overslept this morning and didn't read that book that I committed to read for 10 minutes a day. I overslept... Continue Reading →

"Everything will be better when I get this job." "When we get this situation turned around then things will be fine." "What is most important to me is achieving this goal." "I just need my relationships to be restored and then I will be truly blessed." "If healing would just come to this family member,... Continue Reading →

I heard a speaker say recently, "I have no interest in theology that is not incarnational." In other words, they don't want to hear big thoughts on God that cannot be lived out in the little moments of today. He then began to tell a story of a person who his friend was working with... Continue Reading →

At some point in everyone's religious life, one has to make a choice. Do I double down on this religion thing and jump through more hoops, maybe up the ante on my dogma and belief system or do I just simply trust that God knows what he is doing and Jesus is who he says... Continue Reading →

Humans have tremendous power. Take the simple act of making a choice. Essential to the human experience is to act on our own, independent of external pressures. Today, as an adult human, I chose to go to sleep at a certain time. No one made me have a bed time; it was my choice. Take... Continue Reading →

Inspired by some of Rob Walker's ideas about The Art of Noticing, I have started a new practice that has helped me function in a very difficult place - Walmart. As an introvert, I am often drained by crowds and as a burgeoning grumpy old man, I don't like hassles and encountering difficult people and... Continue Reading →

"God has better things to do..." "Does God really care about..." Many of us suffer from the false narrative that if God does exist he is so beyond our little sphere of knowing and belonging that we are largely incapable of seeing or experiencing him. Worse, we think that God doesn't really want to be... Continue Reading →

The most important thing about you is who you are becoming. The most important thing about you is not what you do for a living. The most important thing about you is not what clothes you wear or your overall aesthetic. The most important thing about you is not what people think of you. The... Continue Reading →