Return to Belovedness
“We are intimately loved long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children and friends loved or wounded us.” —Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved I’m rereading Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved…
The Bible Is Not About Behavior Management
I often misinterpret the words in the Bible as behavior management, when they are really invitations to surrender to love. Jesus says: “Do not judge, and you will not be…
On 9/11, We Remember That Love Is Stronger Than Fear
[If you are looking for my Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast, please go here.] Evil is always (and only) a distortion of the good. This world was created good,…
Do You Want More?
What if there is so much more life available to all of us than we even dare to hope or believe? What if we are drinking from puddles when reservoirs…
Tired of Myself, but God Is Not Tired of Me
I make the same mistakes, commit the same sins, turn back to the same unhelpful habits over and over again. For me, these repetitive issues come under three banners. There’s…
Free Resource: 5 Ways to Experience God’s Love
5 Ways to Experience God's Love resource If you’re anything like me, right now you feel weary. Weary of news reports of injustice and violence and pain. Weary of bad…
The Expansive Love of God
I used to be afraid of God’s expansive love. When Peter’s mom was sick with cancer, we moved down to New Orleans temporarily to be with her as she recovered…
Christ Dying With Us on Good Friday
“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live” (Galatians 2:20). I think I’m supposed to be encouraged by these words of Paul. But if I’m honest, I’ve…
Love Demands Creativity
“Love demands creativity” --Makoto Fujimura, Art+Faith: A Theology of Making, p. 63 // Love always generates. Always pours forth. Always emanates in abundance. This love originates not in us, but in…
Why It Isn’t Sexist to Call God ‘Father’
I’m working on a new book these days, and this week’s work has me digging into the way Jesus changes these terms, the way he insists that we each come…
