Formed by grace into the likeness of Christ.

Essays and reflections on being formed by the grace of God, to help everyday disciples, and the church, grow into the way of Jesus.

Essays
The Element of the Father
The Element of the Father

A new series that reads our faith like the periodic table, beginning with God the Father. On the God who protects and guides, the blessing we are meant to give away, and the idols that quietly take it back.

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The Wound of Compassion

“Learning to Bear the Marks of Love”

My first book, now in the works. We are losing people to the work of love, not to scandal or doubt but to exhaustion. Written from the middle of the journey rather than the safety of its end, it asks the question that will not leave me alone: how do we sustain compassion over a lifetime? It offers not a way around the pain of love, but a way through it.

“The wounds are not the problem. They are the path. Being marked by love is not failure but formation.”

Essays
The Element of the Father
The Element of the Father

A new series that reads our faith like the periodic table, beginning with God the Father. On the God who protects and guides, the blessing we are meant to give away, and the idols that quietly take it back.

You Are Not the Only One Who Doubts
You Are Not the Only One Who Doubts

Everyone doubts, even a worship leader like Asaph in Psalm 73. A look at how to carry doubt to God, ask honest questions, and find that it was never meant to be walked alone.

The Point of Yet
The Point of Yet

Holiness was never a call into a comfortable life. On the indwelling Spirit, being formed by grace, and the desperate faith of Gethsemane that prays not my will, but yours.

Why My Heart Wouldn’t Burn
Why My Heart Wouldn’t Burn

I sat in a room full of worshipers and my heart would not burn. On the road to Emmaus, self-centered hope, and what it takes to truly make much of Jesus.

Ask God for New Taste Buds
Ask God for New Taste Buds

We want to find the Bible sweet, and instead we find it slow. The problem is not mainly discipline. It is desire, and Psalms 1 and 2 show us how desire changes.

Desperate for His Presence
Desperate for His Presence

A Wednesday-night wake-up call, the golden calf, and Moses’ refusal to take one step without God. Are we dependent on ourselves, or desperate for His Spirit?