The older I get, the more I think the body of Christ, the timeless, endless group of followers of Jesus, are much like a Rubik’s cube. Sure, in our wishful thinking we imagine the church is a perfect, beautiful tapestry of threads woven through the ages into a majestic scene of heavenly creatures. The danger Continue reading

What if the hokey pokey is what its all about? We all laugh when we see this question posed on greeting cards, bumper stickers, or memes. But let’s unpack this idea for a minute. What if all our earthly choices, our silly habits and sins that make us feel good for a minute or a Continue reading

Available. Great word. Even greater when applied to something you desperately want or need. Available takes provision, time, and attention. All of which we need a bunch more of, in every direction, in every situation. Availability is a commodity we can’t live without, and can’t seem to find enough of. In every season of life Continue reading

It’s been a long day, and the pantry is bare. The fridge is mostly empty and the half full jar of pickles hiding in the back corner is lonely. Somehow, mouths at home have to be fed. Off to the big box store land of provision, to choose from the umpteen million versions of breakfast Continue reading

Can I tell you a secret? The joy of the Lord is our strength. Simple idea, yes, but massive impact. See, the joy of the Lord is from, well, the Lord. His joy. His power propelling such joy. His Spirit infusing us with this joy, for our strengthening. While I’m not skilled at video games, Continue reading

I can still hear the whine and clanking of the polaroid film chugging out of the machine. Children of the 70’s, y’all know what I’m talking about. Having just pointed the lens in the right direction, and pushing that button, we hoped what we saw in the view finder would magically appear on this high Continue reading

Along the roadside in nowhere America you see the weirdest things. The largest statue of whatever, the biggest mound of what-not, and a gazillion historical oddities marking man’s creativity through the ages. We’ve seen the largest (at least 20 ft tall) painted Czech egg, multitudes of metal sculptures in grand scale, the Wheat Jesus billboard, Continue reading

Somewhere around a thousand miles into an endless journey, when you aren’t even a fourth of the way there yet, you just kind of forget about where you are, and how many miles are left. The vehicle rambles down the highway, and your mind goes into cruise control as the miles and sunlight steal away Continue reading

Gripping the steering wheel, eyeballs glued to the scene revealed through the splotchy windshield, we were rolling onward into unfamiliar territory. Our road climbing ever higher in altitude, weaving around mountains and dipping down into little valleys, we passed the Continental Divide once, then twice, and I think even a third time. In one day. Continue reading

“Where the geography of hope meets the geography of reality.” A documentary on Lewis and Clark proclaimed this deep truth as it explained how the explorers were headed across America, trying to find an assumed easy water route from coast to coast. Ah, yes. Just coast along the beautiful waters in our little boat, and Continue reading