You are raw but lovely Worn by time and neglect Weighted down by a hundred burdens Your terrorized eyes sunken Beneath forced Midwest...

After 16 years, Jen and I are saying goodbye to the neighborhood we have called home, the place where we relocated to come serve...

In order to nourish our souls sometimes we have to move to uncharted waters (emotionally, spiritually, and physically). It's brave and...

While I was in between jobs I decided to see how much I could make on the gig economy. Partially out of curiosity and partially out of...

photo credit: Shutterstock Learning to love broken things I am learning to love broken things Like the beauty of rust that bears witness...

Dear Death, I never wanted to see your face. For many years I was spared the agony of your presence. I guess I got too comfortable, too...

When I was growing up, Anger became my friend. Anger and I would secretly hang out together. Anger showed me how to take out my...

My wife Jen loves Christmas. Our Christmas tree is usually setup well in advance of December 25th (no later than Thanksgiving), and a...

Everyone’s complicit at the cross. By complicit, I don’t just mean in a general everyone-has-sinned-and-fallen-short-of-the-glory kind of...

Why the book of Nehemiah is no justification for Trump's border wall. photo credit: Mike Blake (Reuters) We are not far into 2018 and...