• The Unity Table

    The Unity Table

    I never know how I’m supposed to feel today. We know how we’ll feel tomorrow and then the third day. We know how we will feel. How things will be tomorrow. We feel that confusion today. There’s an anticipation to this day we call Maundy Thursday. A day in which the big story’s climax is…

  • For Wednesday of Holy Week

    For Wednesday of Holy Week

    Recap of Matthew 21-24 The gospel is building toward its great climax in the Passion, which we’ll cover this weekend. It began in the approach to Jerusalem, in the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday. Then on Monday and Tuesday, we covered three chapters of Matthew, 21-23. After entering Jerusalem, Jesus went to the Temple, driving…

  • For Tuesday of Holy Week

    For Tuesday of Holy Week

    Recap of Matthew 21-22 The climax of the gospel began on Sunday with the Triumphal Entry. Chapter 21 From there, Jesus went to the Temple, drove the tax collectors and dove sellers out, only to find those in need of healing coming in — a kind of exchange which yields far different results than the…

  • “If you don’t like where you are…”

    If you don’t like where you are, change it. You’re not a tree. ~ Jim Rohn We’re in Holy Week! The home stretch! #LentFail

  • The Wisdom of Crowds

    The Wisdom of Crowds

    Hear the excitement in the air, crackling with power and uncertainty, with the anticipatory cries of “Hosanna!” For here is the new king, anointed, blessed successor, and reuniter! The one who would bring the glory of the one kingdom back with its conquering power! He is here and we will be saved! Excitement and confusion…

  • Why I Hope You Fail This Lent

    Why I Hope You Fail This Lent

    Throughout Lent, I’ve offered inspirational quotes (like this one and this one) about success and failure, adding a hashtag: #LentFail. I’m doing this so that you understand that it’s OK to fail. More than that. It’s good to fail during Lent. I’ve often commented that Lent is treated like a second swing at a New…

  • ‘Growth is painful.’

    ‘Growth is painful.’

    “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” —Mandy Hale We’re almost there! The long road which always ends at Jerusalem is narrowing and we will be there soon! Keep at it! #LentFail

  • On Being an Enneagram 9

    On Being an Enneagram 9

    ON BEING AN ENNEAGRAM 9 How strange it is to have one’s mind live in the bargaining middle. Making camp in the breach, the trenches full with soldiers shivering, drenched by the rain which falls on both, pools forming at their feet, layers soaked with misery. A strange place to build a cabin, in the…