Is celebrating 500 years since Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church the celebration of an irrelevant reformation? While those with a vested interest in Luther and/or …
Four Keys to Tending Your Secret Garden
A couple weeks ago, my 10-year-old son Robbie and I attended the Denver Center for the Performing Arts staging of the musical, The Secret Garden. While we both enjoyed the music, the staging, and the …
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An Uncontrollable Faith
Uncontrollable faith ... this is where I find myself after decades of hating God through fear, blame, and control. As I explained in my Hating God post, hating God through control began my freshman …
Three Takes on a Mother’s Love
As I write this, it's only a few hours until Mother's Day. As is often the case, I'm woefully under-prepared. I bought cards (thanks to Kiana reminding me) and planned to send them, but a tea-related …
Falling Into God
How do you go from hating God to falling into God? I found a new God … the one I could trust. Have you ever done a trust fall? It’s a team building exercise where one person stands on a chair, …
Who’s the Bad Guy … Satan? God? Me?
While I’m sure someday I’ll regret using this language, Christianity is fundamentally a story about Jesus overcoming the "bad guy." Why will I regret it? For two reasons: First, in our typical …
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