Everyone knows this story — but what if we’re all missing out on the best part of it?
Continue readingA Thought on Love
I have a few friends that I love very dearly here in Saint Louis and one of the things we do together is meet every week to study the Bible. This week we talked about 1 Corinthians 13. I think this passage may be one of the most over-quoted and under-utilized texts of the Bible. […]
Continue readingLoneliness
Thinking and talking about loneliness today. A few resulting thoughts: 1. Loneliness is highly stigmatized in our culture. It seems that feeling lonely and alone is a state that is not only undesirable but almost condemnable and certainly not one that normal, capable people *should* ever experience. To feel loneliness seems to be equated with […]
Continue readingScience, Racism, and How to Communicate: Some of my Favorite Things
If you have a solution for this issue, I think the whole world needs to hear it.
Continue readingSometimes I wonder.
God, where are You? And where am I? And what is the current nature of the relationship between us? Where am I in relation to You? Am I standing right in front of You, too afraid to move forward into the next level of our relationship? Are Your hands on my shoulder like those of […]
Continue readingGod is good at chess
A day or two ago, Dad and I played chess. It was Dad’s idea. If you know me, you may or may not know that my expressed stance on chess is a very negative one. This is because 1. I hate doing anything I’m bad at; 2. I hate losing; 3. I am bad at, […]
Continue reading“Mockingbird” Performance at The Wolf Cafe
I played a song of mine at The Wolf Cafe in Ballwin, MO last night and a friend was kind enough to record it. So here you all are. Hope you enjoy. P.S. — it’s worth watching simply to laugh at me when I choke on a word in the middle somewhere. I haven’t watched […]
Continue readingWhy do I spend so much energy on a fool’s errand?
My wondering for the day (or at least the past few hours) was about our perceptions of others and how those perceptions shape our attitudes, thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Question: Have you ever noticed how we base a lot of our behavior on how we expect others will act or react? Today, I realized by […]
Continue readingHow I have felt lately — lyrics
If you’d like to hear it, ask me sometime when I have a guitar handy and I’ll play this for you. But this is a bit of a summary of how I’ve felt the last few weeks. I imagine that some of you might be able to relate. Oh Father please Be near for I […]
Continue readingNeed Iron in Your Life?
I just had a conversation not too long ago about self perceptions vs. the perceptions of those around us. This topic has always been one of a lot of interest to me. I consider myself fairly perceptive, (exhibit A) but for the life of me, I can never put much of a finger on how […]
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