Accepting Brokenness

Accepting Brokenness

  A Christian Vision for Love, Friendship, and Marriage   Maybe you and I were never meant to be complete Could we just be broken together? If you can bring your shattered dreams, and I’ll bring mine Can healing still be spoken and save us? Casting Crowns,...
The Cross Shows us We are Loved

The Cross Shows us We are Loved

  Chapel Message October 2023   According to John, the ministry of Jesus began on the third day (τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ). The early Christian tradition seemed to have found a connection of Christ’s death and resurrection to Hosea’s words, “on the third day he will...
Cultivating A Culture That Values Life

Cultivating A Culture That Values Life

Violent crime and political extremism have become an unfortunate part of the American experience. The heartache endured by countless families and communities is enough to dull one’s senses—or, alternatively, to consume one with rage. And the more the American Right...
Little Ones to Him Belong

Little Ones to Him Belong

Jesus Loves My Grumpy Relatives   Holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas bring us into close proximity with those in need. The stranger lingering in the foyer of the store. The talkative relative whose political diatribe you’ve memorized. The whining child who can’t...
Failing Love

Failing Love

I can’t swim the ocean that’s growing between us The shores are too far apart Grover Levy, “When We Fail Love”   These words may be simple, but they are some of the saddest ever penned in contemporary Christian music. They bear witness to an intractable...