division
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On Being an Enneagram 9
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2 min read
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…
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Don’t do nice. Do love.
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4 min read
Monday night, I gathered with many others in a prayer service on the eve of the election. We prayed for unity and hope and an end to division. This morning I pray we continue to pray. But to also guard against “cheap grace”. The one thing this campaign has made plain is that this was…
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I crossed our northern border into Canada often in the mid-2000s. As an American student at a Canadian seminary, I remember the border patrol finding that idea confusing. “Why would you go to school there?” Growing up in a border state, going to Canada was simple and easy. We’d flash a driver’s license and go…
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Every Sunday we declare our belief in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. And every Sunday I wonder if we really do. We were in a heated conversation on Facebook. The sort which was shifting wildly from the substance of the original post. So I wanted to ground us in something real. I wanted to…
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How Has God Been Active in the World?
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7 min read
If we want to know who God is, one important place to go is to look at who God has been. Much like we think back on our childhood and reflect on our sibling relationships and how our parents treated us. Looking back is an important window at understanding who we are now. Of all…
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“Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!” As much as I don’t want to preach on this gospel today, I fear for the thousands of churches and church goers who will wrestle with such a tricky and troubling passage. And how many…