Why Debt and Seminary or Bible College Don’t Mix
**Repost from 2012, 2015, with updates.** In May 2019, billionaire Robert F Smith declared to the graduating class of 2019 at Morehouse college in Atalanta, GA, that he would cover their student debt. 400 students had amassed approximately $40 million in student loans...
Never, Now, and Not Yet. Why Dull Hearts Fixate on Dull News
Fixating on bad news, worst possible outcomes, the SKY IS FALLING!, changes the way you view the world. It also changes you. In my home province we just had a polarizing election where old conservative ideology reclaimed power. In America, the Mueller Report became...
The Best Behind and the Best to Come
Suffering a loss in a relationship either through a breakup or a death is challenging. It’s normal to shy away from processing hurt directly either through avoidance or dwelling in the past. Some of these emotions are expected, but not healthy when we cling to...You are a spectacle of beauty in God’s eyes
The worship gatherings of my church plant Cypher Church look different than a conventional service. We try to engage the community outside of a sit and consume model. In its place we’ve created an approach called “Incubators” which you can read more...
Did Jesus Struggle with Rejection? On Love, Rejection, and Faith
How was your Valentine’s? The moment can be bitter or sweet. It’s a day of deep wounds and longings, or desires and belonging. Ultimately, it reveals our human pursuit to dwell in healthy connection/relationships. It’s a paradox in a way: we need...
Third Sunday of Advent – Luke 7 and the Woman “bad in character”
Here’s my contribution to an advent reader put out by the New Leaf Network. This version contains my original ending. What God Looks Like The pinnacle of God’s announcement to the world is Jesus and during Advent, we immerse into a rhythm of Gospel re-discovery....On the Decisive Derision of the Nashville Statement
I wish I didn’t have to spend the time to respond to something so odious as the Nashville Statement (link at the bottom). I wish instead evangelicals spent their time embodying the character of Jesus. A character that would produce statements cherishing the...
Why the Cross? Revealing Jesus in a post-Christian Worldview Part 2
I posed this question in my previous post and asked readers to respond in the comments, Can you explain, “what the cross solves?” or “why do we need the cross?” or “how does a death solve anything?”, without using church language and the worldview you learned in...Women in Ministry Megalist – Blog Posts, Web Links, Books, Articles
***Updated November 20th, 2017.*** I’ve been sitting on this post for a while. I’m posting as is, and will add over time, due to recent internet rage over #thingsonlychristianwomenhear that went viral on Twitter. Sarah Bessy started the revealing movement...
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Author of Thrive, and Soul Coats. Writer, pastor, entrepreneur, non-profit developer, and sometimes speaker. Writer on anti-racism, re-imagining faith & culture, diversity, reconciliation, and mission. From Canada to the world.
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