As Christians, we don’t have the luxury of hating other people without being hypocrites.

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours in the Kingdom of God.” How, exactly will the poor inherit the kingdom?

When I’ve heard the story of the disciples dropping their nets and following Jesus in Luke 5 after he enacted a miracle of abundance before their very eyes, it always seemed courageous to me how willing they were to completely leave their business as fishermen to become disciples.

Scripture becomes easier to understand and interpret when we connect what is happening in scripture to what is happening in our very midst.

I believe that it is the hardships, the way we as Christians shouldn’t have the luxury of looking away from suffering or staying silent when spiritual forces of wickedness are at work in the world, that give us our purpose and remind us constantly why we are people of faith.

Happy New Year! 2025 brings us many opportunities to hope for the future.

In the US—particularly in conversations about politics—the word “Woke” has accrued an astonishing amount of baggage.

This week, I find myself thinking about expectations.

Maybe the basic teachings about Christian behavior that lead us to kindness toward one another is more radical than we would like to admit.

At the end of the day, without hardship and challenges we as human beings do not grow.

It can be so easy to forget to pause and breathe right now, especially if you are paying attention to what is going on.

Today marks the 23rd anniversary of a tragedy that remains a sobering reference point for millennials like me.

How can Jesus be morally perfect, and yet interact with a woman seeking healing for her child unjustly?

And when our faith becomes more rote than real within our hearts, then I think other things start to fill that hole that is there. Lucky for us, God never abandons us—even when we can unintentionally abandon God!

Whenever I hear a Christian talk about “spiritual warfare,” I have a negative reaction.

As a person, and as a pastor, I use profanity. I don’t claim that I always am on the right side of morality every time I do it, but I also want to challenge the conventional ideas we have around profanity, too.

Many of us have grown up being taught that anger is a bad emotion.

Shadowed valleys, evil and enemies aren’t powerful enough to defeat the size of hope God gives us. That is what I take home with me about Psalm 23.

God is setting a plumb line in our midst so we can discern what is just and right! May we never stop searching for it, and should we find it, then may we base how we live our lives on it.

When you look around and see abundance and “enough” instead of scarcity, what crises-turned-opportunities can you find?