• 3 Minute Read Hi Friends! First, thank you to all of you who have prayed for or supported me as I have recovered from spinal fusion surgery. It hasn’t been easy. I’ve had some complications that have slowed me down, but I’m definitely making progress. Things have been crazy….. I found out I …
4 Clichés about Suffering Christians Need to Stop Saying
• 7 Minute Read I recently released a book where I look at the topic of pain, joy, and Jesus. Writing Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain pushed me to reflect on the nature of suffering and how our narratives about God can sometimes create more harm than good. I’m …
Brian Zahnd: “Divine Love has the Final Say”
• 3 Minute Read Hello friends! Today we get to hear from my friend Brian Zahnd. He’s been a huge influence over the years and I was honored to have him as the “Afterword” for Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain. “Does God hurt with us?” This is a deeply …
Scot McKnight: “I Grew Up Without Jesus the Person”
• 3 Minute Read Hello friends, Today I want to share Scot McKnight’s words from the forward of my book Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain. Not only was it an honor to have Scot write a foreword for me, but it reads like a good newsletter/blog post. So, here …
Let’s Stop Under-Humanizing Jesus
• 3 Minute Read Hi friends, Today I want to share something that is a major theme in Echoing Hope. In the church, although not in any “official sense,” we have an experiential tendency to minimize Jesus’ human nature. Let me explain…. Underhumanizing Jesus While overdeifying Jesus isn’t possible, since as a Christ follower …
Give Up Hopelessness for Lent
• 5 Minute Read Hello friends, It’s our first full season of Lent since the pandemic. Just think about it. Pandemic. That’s a term I used to categorize neatly for history books or “over there.” Never did I imagine that a full on pandemic would come upon us like this. I mean, aren’t we …
🔥 N.T. Wright, Shane Claiborne, and My First Book
• 2 Minute Read I wrote a book! No doubt: Shane Claiborne and NT Wright are huge influences on what I wrote. I also interviewed them….
Trump’s Got Covid: I’m Not his Biggest Fan, But … I’m Called to Pray
• < 1 Minute Read Even if I disagree with President Trump, I am a fan of life….
The Bible #6: Church gets a Sword … and a Bible [EP-102]
• 3 Minute Read From Tribulation to Peaceful Compromise…
N.T. Wright & Sarah Bessey 🔥
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The Bible #4: ‘Til Death [EP-79]
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The Bible #3: Not a Book Club [EP-78]
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The Bible #2: Why the Bible? [EP-77]
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The Bible #1: A Movement, Not a Book [EP-76]
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(EPISODE 100!!!!!) The Bible #5: The Movement Continues [EP-100]
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