JOURNEY TO FIFTY: MY ADVICE TO GEN Z
I wish someone had told me these things. Not in passing, not through social media. But sit me down, eyeball-to-eyeball, telling me what I am …
Spirituality
Losing My Religion II: Five Things They Don’t Tell You When You Sit in the Pews
After three years of blogging on the Green Owl, I had it. I had no idea who reads these gut-wrenching posts. I am clueless about …
Losing My Religion
I enrolled in Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary last fall and took a course called “Life of Jesus.” I thought it would be a slam-dunk because I …
The Beauty of Not Knowing
I have always thought we ought to pursue knowledge and information. The more we know, the better off we are and that the smarter we …
Barabbas
“So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called …
The Power of WITH
I don’t have much stress. In fact, I leave enough margins in our schedule that I am rarely harried or in a crisis mode. I …
Not As I Will
“Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Going a …
Risks & Rewards
As an immigrant, I truly admire all the parents that were gutsy enough to move their young family halfway across the globe. Somehow this pioneering, adventurous …
“Lord, Lord, Let Us In!”
“Lord, Lord, let us in!” There is no cry as ear-piercing, as heartbreaking as what came out of the lips of these young women. While …
The Four Lepers
“Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? …
Hurricane Harvey and the Epic Flood
After a long and full day last Sunday, I noticed my phone was unusually hyperactive with beeps and buzzes. I reached for my phone to …
The End Time
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still …
Hypocrisy
hy·poc·ri·sy həˈpäkrəsē noun the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense. It was Wednesday …
When We Fall
I love those that are brutally and refreshingly honest about themselves. Many years ago, a friend giddily clapped her hands after seeing someone trip and fall …
Limits
“We see only a small part of God’s plan at any point in time. His ways are not our ways. But what He does in …