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Death comes for us all, but most of us have a hard time spotting the many times it intrudes in our life. Abuse, broken dreams, abandonment. These are all forms of death that chip away at our hope and peace.…

Everyone battles with shame to some degree or another. But feeling shame is not the same as facing it. Years ago, I was a janitor at a church that almost hired me to be a pastor. Being a church custodian…

I have a friend who pours concrete for a living. Once, when I made a pathetic attempt to help him work, he told me that all concrete would eventually crack. The trick of the trade is telling it where to…

If there is one thing I am not good at (and there are many), it is celebrating. Don’t get me wrong: I like to eat good meals, laugh, and share drinks over conversation. But, in and of themselves, these are…

“I have come to believe that by and large the human family all has the same secrets, which are both very telling and very important to tell. They are telling in the sense that they tell what is perhaps the…

It’s work day. I only have a couple of days to capture some words and ideas. Ideas I scribble down in a notebook throughout the week in hopes I will remember why they felt so important. As I have been…

This week, I learned that a friend is moving away. He is moving for many good reasons such as: obedience, reconciliation, and permanency. But even with such agreeable motives, it’s hard not to feel cheated out of the potential of…

Writing Burning Temple was meant to be my great escape from the anger and pain crowding my relationship with God. The blueprints of this spiritual evacuation followed a well-traveled road that I only recently discovered. The road is named “Grief…

How is it that followers of Jesus Christ become angry at God? It’s a subject loaded with smaller questions to be sure. But more than anything, this is a question loaded with miles of pain and confusion. It is a…

The word “tribe” is now used a lot to describe a group of people where your work, beliefs, or art can find a larger home and audience. It’s helpful for the most part. However, tribes are prone to fighting, just…