Of all the things we know about Jesus (his patience, compassion, love, care, and desire to heal), his table-flipping moment comes as a bit of a surprise.  Read More

Every few years, we’re told the same thing: This is the moment. This is the election. This is the movement that will finally fix things.  Read More

Bilbo Baggins is a wealthy hobbit who lives at the top of the Shire in Bag End. He has a cozy little life filled with doilies and fancy cheeses. His walls are lined with paintings of his relatives, and his cupboards are stocked with their dishware. The wildest thing Bilbo does is enjoy a little Old Toby pipe tobacco in his spare time.  Read More

In 2004 the Red Sox were on the brink of breaking the “Curse of the Bambino.” The last championship had been in 1918, and Boston was desperate. People camped outside Fenway Park for days just for the chance to buy a ticket. Bleacher seats that normally cost $70 were selling for over $1,000. Adjusted for inflation, that’s nearly $1,700 today!  Read More

As I often do, I was reading an old sermon by the Victorian preacher Charles Spurgeon, and it made me laugh. He went on for several paragraphs about coincidence versus God’s providence. It was so good that I paraphrased it into modern English for you to enjoy.  Read More

My palms were sweating, my face was flushed, and my stomach was in knots as I walked onto the stage to audition for Honors Children’s Choir (A group made up of some of the best young singers in South Carolina).  Read More

I’ve always had a bit of a rebellious streak in me, but I was a relatively good kid. So I never did anything too crazy. Still, one of the most hurtful things I ever did happened on my grandmother’s watch.  Read More

Some parts of the Bible are genuinely hard to understand. There are a few passages Christians disagree over, and others that believers and skeptics alike wrestle with. Some verses have to be read two, three, or ten times just to make sense of them. But the reality is, most of the Bible isn’t difficult to understand. It’s just hard to follow.   Read More

Not everyone knows that I was an art minor in college. I took drawing, printmaking, and graphic design. They were all classes I felt pretty comfortable with. But there was one course that made me nervous: painting. Aside from the cheap watercolor sets you use as a kid; I had almost no experience with painting... Especially not with oils. Surprisingly, it became one of my favorite classes.  Read More

If I were to say, “Hey, how are you?” what would you say?Most of us respond with something like, “I’m good! How are you?” And the exchange ends there. When we ask “How are you?” we rarely mean it, and we rarely answer it honestly. In fact, if someone actually starts telling the truth, it can get a little awkward.It’s not because we’re liars. It’s usually because we know the other person doesn’t re...  Read More

Do you remember all the excitement around 2020? A new decade was beginning, and more than any other time I can remember, people were ready to make big changes. I wasn’t immune to that feeling.  Read More

Little-known fact about me: I woke up early on Monday morning, April 6, 1992, to watch the premiere episode of Barney. Even at seven years old, I wasn’t particularly impressed. But at the end of the episode, a song played that has been burned into my memory ever since. You probably know it:  Read More