Last week I saw Won’t You Be My Neighbor, a documentary on Mister Rogers. It was amazing. For more than half of the movie my jaw was, quite literally, dropped. I was sitting there in the theater, mouth hanging wide open. I was astonished at how amazing of a person Fred Rogers was. If you haven’t […]
What is love?¹ First and foremost, love is a choice. Love is a gift. Love is something that I receive without doing anything to earn it. If I were to do something in order to receive love, then I wouldn’t be accepting love—I would be accepting payment. Love is a risk. Since love is a […]
I want to share with y’all a bit of practical thoughts on prayer and on-going spiritual development. Specifically, the routine that I follow throughout a typical day. Hopefully, this might be useful for you. This is an ever-changing thing, but right now this is a close approximation of the schedule that I keep throughout a […]
Many people these days seem to be recognizing the benefits of mindfulness. Being able to pay attention to yourself and be present in the moment is so important to living a full, vibrant life. But there is something that I’m discovering that is, for me, slightly disappointing about the pursuit of mindfulness and presence. I’ve […]
I’ve heard it said that how I do anything is how I do everything. If this is the case, then that means how I’m smoking my pipe while writing this post is how I write this post while smoking my pipe. That means that how I walk my dog is how I how I do […]
This past weekend I watched people shout at each other on the internet following another school shooting. And then I watched nearly all of those same people swoon over the sermon of a black preacher given during a wedding in a British cathedral. And then I stood in a church on Sunday and I sang […]
I am the kind of guy that has about five different thought processes or project ideas bouncing around in my head at one time. This usually means that it takes me forever to actually accomplish anything. It also means that I tend to want to blend different ideas together into one thing. Recently I’ve been […]
The more I talk to people about faith and spirituality, the more I notice a consistent theme in their experiences with God. Many folks seem to struggle with finding the time or space to slow down, hush up, and listen to God. I could just be projecting my own experience onto others, that wouldn’t be […]
Hey there! I haven’t written anything here in quite some time. Sorry about that. I don’t really have a good reason. Yeah, I started a new job, but that’s not an excuse. I just stopped writing. But here’s the thing. Don’t expect to see much more here anytime soon. I’m not giving up writing; in […]
Why did Jesus tell parables to describe the Kingdom of God? Why couldn’t he just have explained how to live the spiritual life that God wants us to live? I think it’s because it’s all but impossible to explain a spiritual principle. A definition of surrender or humility or forgiveness can be given, but it […]