How ancient wisdom can guide us toward becoming human — All my life I’ve been haunted by a single, deceptively simple question. And by simple, I mean to say it seems too obvious. It betrays a silly question of a child, far too adolescent to ascribe any real meaning or demand any real energy. …

Daily Pages, block scheduling and getting up at 5 AM — all that and more of the things I just can’t seem to do — 2019 was going to be my year. Here was my plan in 4 parts: Become a productivity mastermind Get organized like a ninja Become a time management wizard Become the greatest, most successful, most loved person whoever existed No big deal, or NBD as the kids are putting it. Trouble is, I didn’t even know where to…

The Bible doesn’t teach the earth is flat but it does assume it is — It was a Wednesday morning, and some of us had gathered at a local, hometown restaurant for Bible study. The smell of bacon grease and burnt toast hung thickly in the air, and, as is my custom, I had just said something controversial about the Bible. There’s an art to…

Leaning into the story of the incarnated God who suffers — There’s some weird stuff going on in the Christmas story. angels meeting people in their dreams a woman is pregnant, but she has never slept with a man there are babies leaping in wombs to signify that another baby in another womb is the foretold King there are angels who…

A parable on my good, your good and the distance between — There was once a woman who invented a shovel. It was honestly just the shoulder blade of a dead ox, but she was pretty proud of it. …

When I was twelve, I read the “Roman’s Road” to my friend because I didn’t want a demon to drag him to hell. I had recently experienced the “Heaven’s Gate, Hell’s Flames” traveling play and it had clearly unsettled me. …

How Sharknado taught me to take the Bible seriously by taking it on its own terms — “I think I’ve been watching this wrong,” I said. We had just witnessed a tornado full of sharks — a sharknado — hit an oil field, becoming an oilnado and then, having exploded, become a firenado. Oh, and after that it hit an electrical plant, it became a lightningnado. I said: “Yeah, I’ve been trying to watch it critically…

Becoming Human, Part Eight Part 1: The Story Behind Everything Last Part: A Theology of Work Intro Next: The Ruin of Work (Coming soon!) Two of the most common and overlooked misconceptions with the first few pages of the Bible actually have profound implications in how we live in and…

Becoming Human, Intro to Parts 8, 9 & 10 — Part 1: The Story Behind Everything Last Part: The Revolutionary Image of God Up Next: The Design of Work I just worked four straight 12 hour shifts. From 6pm to 6am I shoveled sand, I raked sand and I shoveled more sand. …