Snowflake Spirituality
February 3, 2022
While Scripture affirms the value of comfort, it also makes clear that we require resistance, striving, pain, and suffering in order to grow in godliness. … More Snowflake Spirituality
Tag: maturity
Parenting — Domestic Monastery
August 13, 2020
“The monastery is a school of love because it teaches us to forget ambition, convenience and self-gratification in order to open our hearts to love.” … More Parenting — Domestic Monastery
Learning to Swim in Your Faith
November 27, 2019
Images abound for our tendency to settle for less than the best. “Failure to launch.” “Cold feet.” “The boat is still in the harbor.” “She needs to spread her wings to fly”—and sometimes you need to kick them out of the nest before they’ll ever try. … More Learning to Swim in Your Faith
Boulders & Rivers
November 22, 2019
Instead of pushing a heavy boulder up a hill, what if spiritual growth was more like stepping into a river and being gradually swept along by God’s life-giving current? … More Boulders & Rivers
Sermon: Growing in Wisdom
December 31, 2018
They found him…sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions…And Jesus grew in wisdom.” (Luke 2:46, 52) Jesus was a middle schooler once. Can you imagine that? Popping pimples. Voice cracking. Surging hormones. Changing body. Our stained glass images of a stoic Jesus the Son of God and second person of the … More Sermon: Growing in Wisdom
It’s a Long Slow Process
April 16, 2018
“Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made” (Phil 3:16). Paul is first and foremost a pastor. Every pastor must grasp one simple but crucial truth of … More It’s a Long Slow Process
Podcast: “Do Not Hinder Them”
November 30, 2016
Podcast: “Milk Monster”
November 10, 2016
