Naaman’s Sacred Ground
Naaman doesn’t take the water. He takes the dirt. He doesn’t try to capture the miracle. He brings home the ground it happened on.
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Freedom Doesn’t Come with Fireworks
The Galatians aren’t waving sparklers. They’re wrestling with what it means to be free when your life is no longer defined by rules but by the Holy Spirit.
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God Walks with a Limp Too
The psalmist isn’t teaching us how to find God. He’s telling the truth about what it feels like when we can’t.
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Jesus Fails the Pastoral Care Quiz
I’ve known a few seasoned supervisors who would’ve gotten very quiet after watching Luke 9:57–62 unfold.
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The Mantle Is in the Mud
That’s what succession often feels like. You know just enough to fear the responsibility but not enough to feel equipped.
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From Gilgal to the Jordan
Elijah’s whirlwind is dislocation and disorientation. And Elisha’s power doesn’t come because he understands it. It comes because he walked the whole road.
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Post-Pandemic Healing and Mental Health in the Church
Recovery doesn’t mean returning to toxic systems or harmful relationships unchanged. It means carrying new life into spaces that need to see what God can do.
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Galatians 3:27 Isn’t a Super-Suit
You’re not promised that nothing can touch you. You’re promised that nothing can un-name you.
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Rethinking the Still Small Voice
American Christianity has become fluent in spectacle. We’re trained to listen for God through volume. But what if God doesn’t shout over us?
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Deer on the Run
If Psalm 42’s deer were modern, it wouldn’t be grazing in a meadow. It would be sitting alone in a hospital parking lot—after the bad news.
Baʿal in the Bible: Why False Gods Still Demand Real Sacrifices
Today, Baʿal represents the logic of anxious overcommitment. He’s what we construct when trust feels too risky and silence seems too dangerous to bear.
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A Little Lower Than Elohim
It’s one of the most astonishing claims of Christian doctrine: You are not forgotten dust. You are remembered dust. Dignified, crowned, and called.
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The Dirt’s Already Holy
We tell ourselves we’re waiting on God. But if we listened closely, we might hear God waiting on us. Not impatient. Not angry. Just ready.
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With Juneteenth Still Ringing
And as I sit with it all—Elijah’s weariness, the psalmist’s longing, the healed man’s witness, Paul’s baptismal vision—I realize I’m still hearing the hymn.
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Don’t Send That Email Yet: The Wisdom of a Holy Pause
Call her Chokmah (she also answers to Sophia). She has thoughts. And Proverbs tells us she’s not quiet about them.
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