What do you look like fully alive?
After fighting an aggressive cancer for five months, an old coworker of mine passed away at the age of 27. Same age, same name as my brother. We laughed, teased, gamed, and complained…
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The joys and the woes
Short pieces about what God has been teaching me, mostly written down after the fact. Each one closes with a song worth sitting in.
2022
13 piecesHis Love is Wild for You!
"Your love is wild, Your Love is Wild for me!" As I finished practicing this bridge the other night in the church, I cheeky smirked at my friend and said, "Do you believe this?" She…
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God's Got It
"God's got it!" Slightly annoyed I answer, "how am I supposed to believe that when everything is falling apart, when nothing is going the way I, erm we, planned?!" How many times have I…
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God is not Confusing… we are!
Do you ever feel like you're trying to decode God's voice? Especially when trying to figure out what the future holds? Or trying to figure out what he's trying to teach you given the…
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Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us. If…
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God is Good... All the Time!
After years of youth ministry, I get triggered, erm flashbacks of large groups of kids screaming back "All the time!" every time I hear "God is good!". I used to jokingly tell me youth…
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We plan, God laughs
"We plan, God laughs." I've always disliked this phrase. I'm not completely sure why. Apparently it's a Yiddish saying, but I have heard it quoted so many times as if it were from the…
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What is love? Baby don't hurt me.
While reading these, I went into the abyss of my mind with the question, "What **IS** love to me any way?" I began to recollect an old quote I thought was from St. John Paul II, *"Love is…
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Greatest Hypeman
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one…
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I Choose You! 🐣
I found myself stupefied watching the story of Irving "Magic" Johnson and the Showtime Lakers of the 80s. As Magic struggles with the fear of whether he is good enough to make it in the…
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Forgive and Forget? 😳
Forgive and forget, right? Right??? Forgiveness seems to be one of the biggest obstacles to prayer. To some it may seem that the gospels encourage us to be push overs, "turn the other…
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🎧 I whisper, because I'm Close
"But after the fire came a gentle whisper And when Elijah heard it When he got out of the cave, he heard the voice And the voice said to him one more time "What are you doing here?" "Come…
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👣 He's Walking Side by Side
One morning over a stack of french toast, my close friend and I sat staring teary eyed at each other reminiscing. I shared how I was coming to the realization that when I come to God with…
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Walk on Water
Let's face it, hearing God is hard. There is such a competition of voices between media, friends, siblings, parents, past experiences, and our own craziness, how are we supposed to even…
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