• Learning to Meditate

    Learning to Meditate

    As Reggie focused on his breath, drawing his lungs full, he was reminded of balloons.

  • back to the future

    back to the future

    In the Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6), Jesus tells us what we hoped we’d never hear: our world is upside down and we’re being called to flip it over.

  • Fair Play

    Fair Play

    You’re never the big winner. That’s Brett. He always wins. You watch as he deals the cards. He must be really good. Relatively speaking though, you’re not half bad. Your pile of chips is modest (it always seems to be). In the end, you’re pretty used to walking away with a little more than you…

  • The Deep Water

    The Deep Water

    Jesus calls these specific people. He doesn’t pick the most talented budding theologians. He picks the people who could scale the actual work.

  • Seduced by Inequality

    Seduced by Inequality

    It’s important to have empathy, but humanizing the devil doesn’t change his plans.

  • Being Racist in America

    Being Racist in America

    It’s time we take responsibility for allowing flimsy justifications for racism.

  • How our present moment is like a dysfunctional family system

    How our present moment is like a dysfunctional family system

    In the years running up to the Civil War, Congress was acting like a dysfunctional family system. Here’s why knowing that matters.

  • Rejected

    Rejected

    When Jesus returns home in Luke 4, there’s a confrontation with the people. While we often focus on what Jesus says, we rarely realize what we do.