Getting Personal: From DOING to BEING

I’ve been taking some really tangible steps in my own personal journey toward becoming a Human-BEING rather than a Human-DOING. For me, and how I’ve been created (and conditioned), doing less and being more is really, REALLY hard. It’s easy for me to default to task lists and self-imposed to-do’s. At its best, it’s a …

Conflicted Allegiance

This past Sunday, our community spent some time wrestling with the implications of “allegiance” in light of the 4th of July holiday. It was good, hard and so, so important.  As followers of Jesus and citizens of a nation-state, we have a dual allegiance to the kingdom of God and to the United States. Reality …

The Opportunity of Raising Kids in This Crazy World

Having spent the last couple days getting solo time with my kiddos, I’ve never been more convinced that the way we raise the next generation will be our greatest contribution to healing a broken world. The stakes are high.  Let’s not shelter our kids, but invite them into the beautiful and broken realities of our …

Vocation: An Unorthodox Call to “Success” and “Freedom”

Freedom and success are defined in a lot of peculiar ways in our culture. Whether understanding “freedom” as the opportunity to live a radically individualized life or “success” as the acquisition of wealth and reputation, our cultural definitions often hijack our ability to live fully into the individuals and communities God designed us to be. …

Girls: The Hope of the Future

Over the past few days, Ruby, our little four year old firecracker, has asked some profound and provocative questions that have both challenged and brought us much hope for the future. “Why does Jesus want us to talk to him if he never talks back to us?” “Why do we have a house to sleep …