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  • Scattered, Not Lost

    A pastoral reflection There are seasons when life feels coherent and gathered.And there are seasons when everything feels scattered. Thoughts come in fragments.Prayers trail off mid-sentence.Good intentions pile up faster than completions.Even faith itself can feel spread thin across too many responsibilities, worries, and half-finished ideas. Many people assume this scattered feeling means something has…

  • Grace Has Brought Me Safe Thus Far

    He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. Psalm 40:2 I tread cautiously on the subject of safety, for safety is an ultimate value, not a temporal one. It is often misunderstood as the absence of danger…

  • I Want to Recognize that Voice

    “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” – John 10:27-28 I want to learn to be better and being one of the sheep. I want to learn…

  • During This Epiphany Season

    During the Epiphany season, the Church reflects on how God makes Himself known—present in chaos, reigning with justice, revealed through gentleness, and drawing the nations into His light. This reflection is part of a recent Bible Chat episode and livestream, where I explore how the scriptures appointed for Epiphany form a single, coherent vision of…

  • The Power of Compassion in Ministry

    “Jesus wept.” (Gospel of John 11:35) Two words. No explanation. No correction. No immediate miracle. At the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus pauses long enough to enter the grief of those He loves. Before resurrection is commanded, sorrow is honored. This moment reveals something essential about ministry: compassion is not a delay of God’s work—it is…

  • Overcoming in the Wilderness:

    Why Temptation Is Not Failure Temptation is often misunderstood. Many assume it signals failure or weak faith. Scripture offers a more nuanced—and hopeful—view. In Matthew 4, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted. This moment is not a detour from his calling, but part of his preparation. Hebrews later reflects…

  • Birthday Generosity

    I Gave My Birthday Away — and You Can Too Turning Personal Milestones Into Community Good As we get older, many of us find that we need fewer things. Our wants change. Our closets fill up. What grows instead is a quieter question: What good can I do with what I already have? For several…

  • Faith for a New Year

    Faith, according to Hebrews 11:1 is substantive and evidential in and of itself. Does that suggest that faith in anything proves the thing? Yes and no. Yes, faith, because of divine and universal principles set in motion from the time when God first created wisdom, dictates laws of belief and reality. No, because some things…

  • Seasons

    To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Our God breaths upon time and space and enters into our sphere, moving with rhythmic precision and thoughtful order, shaping events, turning tides, and weaving the seasons into a tapestry of purpose. We respond either by riding the…

  • The Tadpole and the Caterpillar

    NEW BIRTH “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” – John 3:7 Back in 1978, Barry McGuire wanted to help his little boy understand the new birth experience that had taken him by surprise. So, he wrote a song called “Bullfrogs and Butterflies.” It went like this, “Bullfrogs and butterflies;…