Becoming Less

Life’s not fair (and why that’s good news)

I recently had a conversation with a student that basically revolved around the idea of why bad things happen to good people. Amidst some of the wrestling he was doing with those ideas, he articulated that for every bad thing that happens to us, we are…

On singleness, soccer and Sochi

Today was my day off. To celebrate, I — did chores. Nothing wrong with that. I was at Hume Lake with my high school students all weekend, and I spent yesterday in solitude on Mt. Baldy. Had to get stuff done today.

Breathing, sleeping [ecc 4:9–12]

I’m lying in bed, listening to my roommate breathing.

It’s 1 am. I just got home from work and I’m ready to sleep, but my body and mind aren’t cooperating. So here I am, in the dark of my bedroom, and all I can hear is the hushed flow of breath…

When the Spirit breaks through [benediction]

The other day I was in desperate need of fellowship. I needed to be with someone, to talk about and confess where I was at. But instead I sat at work with my thoughts and didn’t ask for it. I knew God would grant me grace through another person if I…

I don’t write enough

It’s been awhile since I’ve written here. It’s not been awhile, though, since I’ve felt convicted to write.

I started blogging while studying through the Psalms. One thing I saw that really grabbed my attention was that as God showed up in David’s life, he was led…

bring me back to you

I’m sorry lord for the heir I’ve become
I never thought that I’d be this far from home
All the love you gave never lie in waste, it keeps me hanging on
When I look around and there’s nowhere else to run

Faithful friends // great God // fully funded! [mexico — summer 2013]

Many of you have heard about the youth apologetics conference I’m helping to put on in Mexico in August. About a month ago, I was super torn in trying to figure out whether I should be trusting God to provide…