It seems to me from reading the entirety of Scripture that there are only two forces that give energy to our little human lives.  These two animating forces are opposed to one another…like oil and water. Paul, a letter writing rabbi from the first century, summarizes...

In Christian theology, the entire Creation will be summed up in a marriage supper where Jesus weds a bride; the Church, radiant and beautiful. A marriage between humanity and the Divine has been in the works since the Garden. Jesus, himself a husband-to-be, and we all...

I’m a rhythmic person.  As far back as I remember, I have always had a beat in my head.  I can clock it at 59 BPM on a metronome, interestingly about the same pace as my resting heart rate.  Every so often the rhythm in my head finds expression in my hands and feet as...

"What you do is NOT who you are…but who you ARE has a tremendous impact on what you do." These are the words from a mentor of mine. They expose a truth that our 7am-to-7pm working culture has lost touch with. There is a great disconnect in our cultural understanding...

The Bible is a BIG book. It is “big” not only because its contents take up many thin, silky pages, but because it spans many lifetimes. It is a “big” book not only because it contains many plotlines, authors, streams of thought, and depictions of history through...

As married men, we are husbanding something. It is how we are wired. The trouble is, most of us young men husband something other than our wife. Often it is our job that gets our full husbanding energies. We accidentally fall into the trap of husbanding our life...

How does God take two unique and gifted people and set their course together in this miraculous bond called marriage? One of the earliest descriptions we have of a man and woman coming together in a marriage union is found back at the headwaters of humanity when the...

What is a good church? This is a good question. This is an appropriate question. It is timely. Yet, the question itself appears to me to be fragmental. At first glance the question causes my mind to instinctively divide the church, separate it, denominationalize it,...