A Nomad’s Thoughts on Home

A Nomad’s Thoughts on Home

Last weekend, my friends loaded my belongings into a couple of pickup trucks, a trailer, and backseats, and moved them roughly 500 feet away.  This move marked my third consecutive year of packing and unpacking, the fourth in the past five years. I recently...
You Are Needy and Needed

You Are Needy and Needed

Ed Welch’s book, Side by Side, is a little book with a big message: you are both needy and needed. Welch is speaking of friendships within the community of the church and he encourages all believers to embrace both these realities.1 Needy and needed—both are part of...
When Limits Are an Obstacle

When Limits Are an Obstacle

God is God and I am not. Could I say anything more elementary than that? It’s a simple statement, yet it contains two profound truths that I need to remember every day. God is God. I am not. There are moments when my God-given limits are in the rear-view mirror. I’ve...
When Limits Are Painful

When Limits Are Painful

March 2020 brought all of us face-to-face with limits. It doesn’t matter who you are; ask anyone to reflect on that spring and you’ll hear limits.  Our activity was limited. Our understanding was limited as talking heads gave ever-changing reports. Our pantries,...
An Invitation to Draw Near

An Invitation to Draw Near

There are plenty of things in life that claim to be unlimited. All-inclusive resorts, unlimited data plans, bottomless fries at Red Robin. Yet all the limitless options and plans that are a marketer’s delight will eventually reach an end. The buffet or bar at...