The Water Walk
May 6, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
Fresh off of history’s most triumphal luncheon (Matthew 14:16-21: five thousand dined on two loaves and three fishes; chefs are still arguing the logistics)…
5 Things People Can Mean When They Say “I Want Help”
April 6, 2017 | Relational Matters
To flirt with rescue when one has no intention of being saved… from Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” The first time I stepped…
When Darkness Lost
December 23, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. -John 1:5 Like St. Jude, I’m a sucker for lost…
Three Concepts that are Choking our Conversations
December 15, 2016 | Relational Matters
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within…
To Trump or Not to Trump? Where I Landed, and Why
September 24, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” -Romans 14:5 A highlight of this crazy election is the division among conservative Evangelicals. As…
“I’m Invited to a Same-Sex Wedding. Yes or No?”
September 15, 2016 | Relational Matters
Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind. Romans 13:5 There’s an ongoing buzz in the Christian community over whether or not believers should…
I Was Born Again This Way
August 19, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“And having been set free from sin you became slaves of righteousness.” -Romans 6:18 There’s an awful lot of talk these days about inborn…
Discernment: The Dying Dinosaur? Part III: Discerning our Hearts
May 13, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
If we want to know truth and live right, then we’ve got to develop our ability to sort truth from error, and wrong from…
Of Morsels and Birthrights
April 4, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward,…
Beautifully Bent
March 5, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent…
The Demoralized Disciple
March 2, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
Discouragement is the illegitimate child of false expectations. -Lloyd Ogilive” Come November, it’s entirely possible that reviewing your voting options will provoke a response…
Let Me Entertain Her
February 16, 2016 | Marriage Matters
I can still remember a happy morning three years ago when I made my shoulders sore from patting my own back. I felt like a king,…
Before You Use
January 25, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
When something’s wrong but no longer shocking, it’s a lot easier to give into it. And since porn use it so common today, not to…
When Darkness Lost
December 24, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” -John 1:5 Like St. Jude, I’m a sucker for lost…