Posts tagged “Vulnerability”
Practicing your faith with others
Recently, someone asked me how my college experience prepared me for my life and career outside of college. Even before the question was fully…
Confronting with love: What does that look like?
Agree or disagree: Honest Christians don’t just confess their own sins; they love others enough to confront them when they become caught in sin….
Doing right is worth the risk
Doing what is right can be risky. Just ask Dr. King, whose home was bombed by his racist neighbors. Or the apostle Paul, who…
Flip the kayak
I have a kayak I don’t use much, so it mostly sits upside down and ignored behind our garage. Recently, we were doing some…
Seek justice for the defenseless
“The King is mighty, he loves justice—you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right” (Psalm 99:4). Justice is…
Be careful, not forgetful
“Pastor Mike,” the young woman said, “do you remember me?” I stared at her sort-of-familiar face, and my brain immediately cried, “Mayday! Mayday! This…
Enemies
I was trying to play a video game with my son (and not doing a very good job) when I started to get overwhelmed…
My mom’s moment
As I was studying the book of Job recently, a thought moved me to tears. It was about the moment my mom stuck with…
Follow mentors through fear
Mike helped me ride a Harley. Ron taught me how to handle a gun. Bryan invited me to preach in front of—gulp—a thousand people….
Let’s get curious
As my kids get older, family game night has had to grow up a little too. (Sure—every once in a while, we can still…
Stay the course!
The race was marked out. The middle school girls were on the line waiting for the gun to signal the start. And off they…
Using the unexpected
In Judges 3 the Israelites finally cried out to God for deliverance from wicked King Eglon. God heard their cries and sent a man…