Every month for the last two years, I have met a dear older brother for lunch, and together we pour over some deep theological work and wrestle with the Biblical applications. In a recent study we had been looking at mercy and landed in Mark 10:46-52, the narrative of...
We are all living in a prolonged season of uncertainty and stress, and we may find ourselves carrying feelings and emotional loads that are unfamiliar and uncomfortable. Even the new modes of connecting are causing their own problems, such as “Zoom fatigue”. Some, in...
Covid-19 has hit us like a freight train, knocking us off the tracks. In the last two weeks, ministry leaders have been scrambling and putting in long hours to try to shepherd scattered flocks and do ministry under new restrictions. But at what personal cost? 60, 70,...
Several times in the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to speak with people who are in tense relational situations: some that have been thrust upon them, some of their own making, and some a little of both. In one, the person admitted he had created the...
Note: This is the fourth installment of my 2019 Sabbatical series. This reflection rises out of the wonderful counseling we received at Marble Retreat Center (marbleretreat.org) As we step into a new year with all of its promises and challenges, I am reminded of...
