Our Bodies Tell God’s Story

Our Bodies Tell God’s Story

To speak on the topic of the body is to wade into the tension of our cultural moment. It’s to walk into the open wound of what many people feel. For some, it’s the primary aim of their life, or maybe it’s the objection for following Jesus. Since 2015, I have observed...
Approval: From Where?

Approval: From Where?

“Human history is the long, terrible, story of humankind trying to find something other than God to make us happy.” – C.S. Lewis. Years ago, a friend of mine was working for a college ministry. He was mentoring a guy who was not a Jesus follower, but this man enjoyed...
The Secular Creed

The Secular Creed

“What do you mean when you say ______”? I asked this question five times to an individual in the Glenwood Hot Springs. After overhearing my conversation with a friend about our fidelity to Jesus, he said, “Yeah killing people in the name of god is one of those...
Students and Labels

Students and Labels

As a student pastor, there’s a continuum of things you experience if you’re in their (students’) lives long enough. From seeing them eat baby food out of a diaper, to watching them on a stage or field. Then, there are those rarer moments, sitting with them on the...
Whatever Happens

Whatever Happens

I’ve been given some new equipment recently. One of which is a book entitled: Exceptionally Bad Dad Jokes. The subtitle is my favorite though: so frightfully awful, yet wonderfully spiffing. Here’s one of them: “A police officer caught two kids playing with a firework...