Over the past four years, my anxiety has gotten the better of me more than I would like to admit. When we left New York close to four years ago, we left with many unknowns before us. We had two clear goals in mind when we came to California: the first was for Becca to … Continue reading It’s not me, it’s my amygdala! Luke 12:22-34 in anxious perspective
To this day, I can still remember walking home after an incredibly awkward and strange meeting with a person of importance and feeling incredibly uncomfortable with the way it went. If I might hearken to the great Maya Angelou, over that hour, that person showed me who they truly were, and I believed them that … Continue reading Matthew 18: why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Some years ago, I received a phone call from a funeral home director asking me if I could do a funeral for a family that claimed to be members of the church I served. When he shared the name of the deceased, I did not recognize it, so I respectfully told him so. Still, the … Continue reading “I’m sorry, who?”
These are familiar words of Jesus, said in response to his disciples’ shock at both the rejection of the wealthy man and his words about it being easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than for a wealthy person to enter the kingdom. Given the context, the force of the … Continue reading “What is impossible with human beings, is possible with God…” or “trying to put a square peg in a round hole.”
A Foolish Way 