Devotional

Ugh. I feel this prayer so hard. Why can’t God just tell me what to do all the time? My understanding of Christianity, of what God wants of me and […]

As a sentimental packrat, my basement contains numerous boxes of “former things.” Photos, band flyers, cringy teen journals, letters, random ephemera—every item once holding enough meaning to justify keeping. With […]

After feeding the multitudes, Jesus instructs his friends to sail back across the lake. He’ll meet them later. They assume he’ll walk home or hitch a ride. So when a […]

In September of 1939, King George VI of Great Britain was obliged to give the first major radio address of his career. The existential future of Great Britain would be […]

Covid finally caught me for the first time, more than three years into the pandemic. I thought I was vaxxed and ready for whatever she’d dish out, but within hours […]

In an old Monty Python sketch, the Pope chastises a reckless Michelangelo for painting the last supper with twenty-eight disciples and three Christs. Amid offensive content and perfect comic timing, […]

This is one of those credit-where-credit is due, let-me-tell-you-the-story-of-what-God-has-done-for-me Psalms. Enemies threaten, mighty waters overwhelm, snares entwine. David is all but lost. Then through a raging storm, God comes hurling […]

I don’t know if this is still a thing, but when I was growing up, people just dropped in. If they were in the area, they’d knock to see if […]

Well, crap. I mean, shoot! I mean, sorry Jesus! Some of us are out here talking about how Jesus is hugs and butterflies all the time. Meanwhile, he’s out here […]

A scientist in my former congregation, John, and I used to get into friendly arguments about what the most crucial moral and spiritual issue of our day was. I said […]