(5-Minute Read) This year I’ve been reading through the Old Testament chronologically (for the most part). This has done wonders for my general understanding of the Bible and my Biblical worldview, and also for my specific understanding of how YHWH (God) has chosen, and still chooses to interact with His people. A couple weeks ago […]
Read more "“…and act.”"(5 Minute Read) “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.” — Jesus (the Son of God) … There’s many ways that I think our society has created “modern-day Pharisaical” behavior, or, behavior that is hypocritical in nature, harsh […]
Read more "Modern-Day Pharisees: Dead Bones & Dirty Dishes"(3 Minute Read) I asked one of my close friends to write a guest post on the topic of hope. I asked him specifically because he recently come out of an extremely painful season and I watched him cling on to Hope more than ever during it. Here it is. “I hope you feel better […]
Read more "Hope is a Man"(7 Minute Read) The following is adopted from a sermon I wrote in my last year of ministry school. It is now my life motto. I played college football for five years. My senior year we were ranked 8th in the country going into our last two games, poised to win the conference and host […]
Read more "Hope Is My Balloon"(3 Minute Read) I heard an old Worship song today with a line in it that pierced my soul. Have you ever had that happen? A quote you’ve read, or a line from a song or movie you’ve seen many times just catches you off guard and you see the true meaning of it for […]
Read more "A Violent Kind of Hope"(7 Minute Read) Last month my friend asked me to write a guest post on her blog Dear Tizaporah for her “Fully Man” series. The series was centered around the question, “When did you realize you were becoming a man?” The following post is what I wrote: a letter to my thirteen-year-old self. If you […]
Read more "To Be A Son"(7 minute read) I think the best moments of life often come while we are sitting around a table. John Mark McMillan once said that none of the accomplishments of life, “feel as good as sitting across the table from somebody, telling a story, laughing a little, crying a little, raising a glass and hearing […]
Read more "The Table"I know it’s the middle of October and summer was over many months ago, but I’ve really wanted to share some thoughts from this summer and I’ve unfortunately let time get away from me. So here are a few things I learned from the summer of 2018. I went back home to intern at my […]
Read more "I’m Learning"I know I haven’t written in awhile, but I’ve been thinking a lot. Lately, I’ve really been thinking quite a lot about identity and how significant it is in our lives. It plays such a huge role in shaping us and motivating us within every situation of life, but I think we often times forget […]
Read more "Identity"Uganda, Africa. 2018. It has taken me a long time to even think about writing about our trip to Africa (or write at all, really), and although I’ve now thought about it a few times, I don’t know how to put it into words, really. But I’m going to try. There was so much that […]
Read more "Becoming A Child, Again"
The Serpent Dove 