How We Get the Bible Wrong

Whether I express it here or through my work over at Abundance Reconstructed, I believe, by and large, the Western Church gets the Bible wrong. Moreover, because we misunderstand the overarching story, we end up applying the message incorrectly. Now, I do not believe there is some conspiracy theory going on and that these errors …

Transformative Soul Care: From Discipline to Devotion

How do we engage in soul care that actually works? How do we take what is in our heart, mind, personality, and history and form it in a way that fosters wholeness and vitality? While recently interviewing my dear friend, Lauren White, the topic of spiritual disciplines came up. My visceral response to those two …

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Why I Stopped Pursuing Productivity

Productivity: A measure of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs. Oxford Dictionary It all sounds rather mechanical, right. Something that puts us in the category of human doings rather than human beings. It leads to days measured by to-do lists and calendars. Or one measured entirely …

Context is King

If I could pass on one word of advice to everyone who picks up the Bible, it would be, “Remember, context is king.” Another way of saying it would be, “Don’t ignore the forest for the sake of one tree … or, quite possibly, a single leaf.”

Give Unto Caesar

“Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s.” I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen those words pop up on Facebook over the past few years. Typically it comes as a dismissive defense against any serious attempt to wrestle with the entanglement of faith and politics. It compartmentalizes the two, …