Month: April 2020

You were born into a battle. The tears came as quickly as the words did. I was listening to a podcast by John Eldredge, finishing up a set of squats at the gym. John was discussing the wounds we experience in life, and the offer of Jesus to father us through the pain. As I … Continue reading Courage to Engage

I used to go to the local Barnes & Noble quite often, each time being to do school work, but after about ten minutes in the Starbucks cafe I never failed to find myself thumbing through a book by Steinbeck or Hemingway. I'd go about an hour or two before work, meaning around 1 O'clock. … Continue reading The Upside Down

"Eve is drawn from Adam's side and leaves that ache that never goes away until he is with her again." -- John Eldredge I think I felt it first in Kindergarten, sometime after lunch when playing tag on the playground. It was the sudden longing for the other. I did not know why at the … Continue reading The Ache for Love

"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain..." -- Exodus 20:7 I don't remember too much from Sunday School, but from what I do remember from those years of flannel graphs and talking vegetables is that I shouldn't kill, steal, cheat on my wife, or...cuss. Now, I know that sin … Continue reading Bearing Names