Category: Autobiography
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Sacred Spaces
When we’re sitting with a group of Christians, praying to God, it’s just like we’re having a conversation, with God as one of the participants. We’re united in Christ, by the power of the Spirit, as we all approach the Father’s throne together. God is holy, and we’re in his holy presence there.
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in ministry this week
Every time I visit a small group, I am so blessed by the authentic conversations that happen there. People aren’t afraid to ask hard questions, or to admit when something is hard for them to grasp or embrace for themselves. It’s a space for vulnerability, and a space to work through ideas with others who…
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I am resting, resting…
This week, there’s something very simple I think I need to remind myself about making my time the most profitable I possibly can: Sometimes that means I need to rest.
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“Get Better or Get Bitter”
“Resolved, never to do anything, which if I should see in another, I should count a just occasion to despise him for, or to think any way the more meanly of him.” Put another way, “If I’m going to hold someone to any kind of standard, I better be meeting that standard myself.”
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The Whole Truth
I don’t know where any of my personal relationships will go in 2024, but I do know that I want each one of them to be marked by honesty. If I have to lie to keep a relationship, I don’t want it.
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Reformed Tipping Culture
Servers encounter a moral dilemma here: How much of your cash tips do you declare?
Detroit, Reformed. 