God In the Pause
When we pause, we have opportunity to reflect. We get some distance from daily life as we know it, and with it some perspective. COVID provided...
Category: Spiritual Formation
No Parties, Please
I’m not a fan of celebrations. Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, it doesn’t matter what the holiday is, they all feel ridiculous to me and hold a layer of sadness....
Release. Reform. Renew
I love watching home renovation shows. There’s something about taking that old, uninhabitable fixer upper and transforming it into the re-imagined livable space that intrigues me....
How Was Your Sabbatical?
When people ask me, “How was your sabbatical?” I am reminded of arriving back in America after a term and people asking me, “So how was China?”...
Building a Daily Foundation of Renewal
For all of us, all around the world, this has been one unbelievable, unimaginable year. The daily tensions, headlines and continuous flow of words feeds the...
Processing God
Who is God to you? We know what the Scriptures tell us about God. We read that he is faithful to the faithless, gentle, loving, slow...
Re-entry is Not a Returning
I thought I’d have words of wisdom about re-entry after two years back stateside. It’s a surprise and a disappointment to me that I am still struggling to find...
My Cup Runneth Over
It was there in the Garden of Eden, in the circling of the wilderness, and in the sufferings of Job. It was evident on the tongues of the Pharisees,...
Science, Pandemic and Me
Has God ever revealed something to you suddenly? Have you ever felt a switch go off in your brain that resets your perspective? I have....
Full Circle
It was a warm spring day in the small market town where I lived in rural Asia and from my window I could see the glint of sun-kissed rice...
