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As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace - 1 Peter 4:10
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun!
Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
-Isaiah43:19 (NLT)
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Memento Mori & Other True Things
By the sweat of your brow, you will have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from...
Mar 5
Finding Peace: How I Quieted the Noise to Hear God's Voice in the Chaos
In today's fast-paced (often chaotic) world, we are bombarded by endless notifications, news cycles, and busy schedules. It usually feels...
Oct 22, 2024
Why I'm a United Methodist.
Listen. I get it. If you're in the Methodist world, you're sick of hearing and having conversations like this. If you're not in the...
Jul 17, 2024
Become what you believe.
As Jesus left the house, he was followed by two blind men crying out, “Mercy, Son of David! Mercy on us!” When Jesus got home, the blind...
Mar 7, 2024
We’ve got to learn to listen.
Once upon a time, the world was perfect. And then it wasn’t. There were some issues with forbidden fruit, a crafty serpent, disobedient...
Jan 24, 2024
Storms and Pigs and Hope
There are two relatively famous passages in the New Testament, and both of them happen back-to-back in the book of Matthew. The first is...
Nov 30, 2023
When Church Hurts
It is okay to press pause. When the walls suddenly feel to be closing in, the stares or whispers seem to be all too familiar, or the...
Nov 3, 2023
I've got a race to lose.
Don't tell anyone, but I think I'm secretly competitive. Like, I don't care if you win at Uno, you can have a higher grade than me,...
Sep 18, 2023
When You Do Your Best and It's Still Not Enough
You know what hurts worse than feeling like you're not good enough? Being reminded that others didn't think you were good enough, either....
Sep 14, 2023
When it Feels Like God Isn't Speaking
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, he priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came...
Aug 29, 2023
Why I'm Not Joining the Global Methodist Church.
What a time to be alive. What a time to be a United Methodist. For those who may not know, the United Methodist church is in a messy...
Aug 2, 2023
A Poem on New Beginnings.
Jesus, we are one body composed of many parts – bones, sinew, tissue, a composite of ribcage and dust and holy breath which wakes up the...
Apr 20, 2023
God is not a helicopter parent.
To be clear, I am not yet a parent. I have, however, had a lot of experience interacting with parents both as a former teacher as a...
Jan 2, 2023
The Lost Passage of the Bible.
My title is misleading -- you should know that right off the bat. There are actually a few "lost" passages, you see. A whole section of...
Oct 11, 2022
Conviction.
Conviction is a funny thing. Raised and educated by good Southern Baptists, I now find myself in the tenuous position of being a staff...
Sep 27, 2022
what to do when you feel alone.
I used to think that loneliness meant being physically, literally alone. That if I didn't have my family, my husband, or my friends...
Sep 23, 2022
The New (Old) Pandemic
I'm not going to bore you, dear reader, with explanations on why it's been so long since my last post. That's banal and self-indulgent,...
Sep 10, 2022
I'm doing a Tech Sabbath for Lent & You Should Too!
In case I haven't made it very clear, I work as the youth pastor for a United Methodist Church. I was raised Baptist, but found the...
Feb 28, 2022
Reminders of God's Love For You on Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day, lovelies! Whether you celebrate this holiday or not, whether you're in a relationship or not, whether you care...
Feb 14, 2022
Drop The Stones.
Hey gang! Today, 'm sharing the transcript for a sermon I gave yesterday at my church. I hope it serves you, wherever you are in your...
Feb 7, 2022
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