Next week will mark the fourteenth anniversary of my baptism. Fourteen years. Almost a decade and a half since I formally accepted Jesus Christ as...
Coasting.
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
The Bigger Picture
We can't see it. We like to tell ourselves that we can, but we can't. Sometimes, if we position ourselves just right, we can bolster our perspective...
The Model Nation That Wasn’t
On the cusp of the Promised Land, Moses told the Israelites, See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you...
Speaking the Truth in Love
There are two important facets to that instruction: "The truth" and "love." What are you saying, and why are you saying it? We can try to show love...
YHWH Yireh: The LORD Will Provide
"Is anything too hard for the LORD?" (Genesis 18:14) That's the question at the heart of Abraham's story—and at the heart of every Christian's...
Remember Lot’s Wife
The only thing we really know about Lot's wife is that she looked back. That's it. We don't know her name, we don't know where she was from, we...
When My Neighbor Can’t Breathe
Jesus taught that the two great commandments, the summation and foundation of "all the Law and the Prophets" (Matthew 22:40), the pathway to...
How to Save the World
I want to live in a world where black people don't have to worry about being abused, harassed, or murdered by police officers who have no business...
The Key to Being Understood
…is to understand. It's great to have the best argument, the clearest articulation, and the cleverest presentation. But the (often frustrating)...
What We Took for Granted
The coronavirus changed things. It doesn't matter how you feel about it or whether you disagree with how it's being handled. It changed things, and...
We’re Not All #SafeAtHome
This is something my wife got me thinking about a couple days ago. One of the more popular hashtags on social media right now is #SafeAtHome. People...
When the Lines Blur
My least favorite side-effect from this global quarantine has been the way it makes the holy days feel. We're all home more often. We all have fewer...
The Body and the Blood
"For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep." What a weighty, uncomfortable verse. Members of the church in Corinth were...
When Authenticity Isn’t Enough
"Authentic" is the word to be these days. To call something authentic—a business, a product, a person—is an incredible compliment, and most of us...
Be Holy, for I Am Holy
Nadab and Abihu were dead. In a single moment, the two brothers had been devoured by fire from heaven. God had killed them. But why? Nadab and Abihu...
The Difference a Year Can Make
2018 was a rough year for the Feast of Tabernacles. Our daughter, Primrose, was only 4 weeks old and we drove 8 hours (a 5 hour trip in theory—ha!)...
The Overclocked Christian
The Raspberry Pi is a $35 credit-card sized computer that programming hobbyists have used in some pretty spectacular projects. A quick search will...
YHWH Nissi: The LORD Our Banner
I'm a lot of things. I'm a husband. A father. A writer. An employee. A son. A brother. A friend. A blogger. A boardgamer. A tinkerer. These are some...