Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Years ago when my wife and I still lived in Grand Rapids, we were members of a pretty well known mega church. As someone healing from church trauma, it was perfect. I could walk in, see new people every week, and blend into the background without anyone knowing my name. … Continue reading The Jesus Prayer
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Week Off
Taking the week off. Thank you everyone for your support and comments from the last post. It was a difficult one, and a follow up is already in the works. So, I thought I'd just leave you all with a quote from my book this week. Spring is coming, and with that plenty of change … Continue reading Week Off
Our Girl and the Adoption that Wasn’t
What I imagine the complaint file looks like at our former agency with my name on it. (Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com) As we find ourselves in the season of Lent, one of the things I want to make space for grieving is the adoption of a little girl we were matched with. It has … Continue reading Our Girl and the Adoption that Wasn’t
Ashes to Ashes
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com This was originally going to be part two of my Jesus and the Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins Part Deux, but since tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, I thought I'd give myself a break and write about that instead. I was up late last night working on it and I … Continue reading Ashes to Ashes
A Reconstructed Doxology (but not really)
This post late, and shorter than normal. This past Sunday the church I worked for kicked off our second service. It went well, but was honestly a bit of a nightmare to get going. This was something that we had been planning for a few months, and as it goes quite a few things started … Continue reading A Reconstructed Doxology (but not really)
We Don't Trust Your Theology 