Our Perfect Resolution Keeper
New Year Devotional – For all life’s difficulties, there’s something about January 1 that renews people’s hope. It symbolizes a … Continue Reading Our Perfect Resolution Keeper
Loving The Unlovable
It is a “gift” to us, for someone to know us, the real us, the us that doesn’t love well, the us that is full of flaws, to then still be loved by that someone.
Consider This Christmas Eve…
Before the festivities start tonight, consider three thing: Consider Your Failings. Consider your doubts and struggles to be good parents, … Continue Reading Consider This Christmas Eve…
Pastoral Material?
“So here I am, a redeemed sinner, a defeated victor, wrestling a little deeper with the idea of pastor ministry. I think about all that it implies…”
Tension
Around this time last year, I was getting ready for a road trip. I was hoping to see my brother … Continue Reading Tension
NYC Checkpoint Keeps Rich People From Leaving The State
Today, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, along with New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, used the 1 billion … Continue Reading NYC Checkpoint Keeps Rich People From Leaving The State
Church Spires and Water Towers
Every Sunday before our current pandemic overtook us, I’d take my typical forty-minute Sunday drive from Staten Island into Manhattan … Continue Reading Church Spires and Water Towers
And So It Begins…
God put in place a plan for us. It was a plan for rescue. It was a plan that only … Continue Reading And So It Begins…
“Inside” Coronavirus
Have you ever heard the term, “inside baseball?” It’s American slang that refers to the minutiae and detailed inner workings … Continue Reading “Inside” Coronavirus
A High-Definition God
It’s Saturday evening, March 21st, 2020. We are closing out the first week of this coronavirus pandemic here in NYC. … Continue Reading A High-Definition God
Sharpen this!
Seems with each passing year, its harder and harder for me to put coherent thoughts together down on paper. I’ve written here and there, but not like I have in the past. I’m really struggling right now wanting to say something about Christian brotherhood…
My Heart Issues
“Now, I have a heart that still functions, because of something outside of me, now placed within me. Something that gave me new life, a new hope.”
A Lonely Theologian of the Cross
“Maybe I just don’t play act all that well. I just couldn’t keep the “tomb” whitewashed enough when I knew I had so many dead bones inside.”
What I Found At The Bottom of My Glass…
Sitting at a dimly lit bar, drinking a Newcastle Ale, I can feel the allure of being here. It’s lunchtime. … Continue Reading What I Found At The Bottom of My Glass…
Life, From Brokenness
You see the picture on the right? Some people look at this picture and see the determination of the tree pushing … Continue Reading Life, From Brokenness
The Prosperity That Matters: Some Semi-Coherent Theological Musings
[New] The Prosperity That Matters.
I wrote it, but don’t read it, it’ll probably annoy you.
#Random #ProsperityGospel #Lutheranism #TheGospel
