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a moment’s meditation: yearning for more
Since finishing my formal studies in 2010, I’ve been on a journey. First, I moved from Chicago to Graceland University, Lamoni, IA, to be the Director of Religious Life and campus minister in 2011....
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Christian Freedom, or Love
This longish post was written after a painful argument with a loved one. Hurting, I went searching for what love meant in my context. I felt the need to take care of myself, which may mean ultimately...
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A Walk with Jeremiah, 1.1
For the next little while, I plan to be reading Jeremiah. I’m doing it for my own study. My plan with this blog is simply to post simple reflections based on my reading. At this point, I don’t plan...
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A Walk with Jeremiah 2.1
God obviously needs us. And, apparently, we need God. Chapter 2 of Jeremiah reads like a letter from a bitter lover – a lover who’s been taken advantage of, cheated on, then abandoned. Many of us...
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A Walk with Jeremiah 3.1
If I continue to look through the lens of grief between estranged lovers, Jeremiah chapter 3 reads like a grief process. There’s anger over betrayal, as well as the bargaining associated with coming...
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A Walk with Jeremiah, 4.1
I grew up hearing all the concern about the Old Testament’s angry and vengeful God. This is certainly an important theological question. Theology should be questioning the nature of God. With all...
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A Walk with Jeremiah 5.1
In Chapter 5 of Jeremiah, the central theme moves from grief to judgment. There is a sense Israel and Judah are on trial. The emotions of anguish and anger that seem to drive chapters 1-4 begin to...
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A Walk with Jeremiah 6.1
I’ve not posted for some time. But, Jeremiah called me back again. I needed some time for meditation. Once I start reading Jeremiah again, I was reminded how scripture continually calls us back....
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The Sadness Beneath
Sadness is so easily pathologized. When it pops up unexpectedly or has no obvious reason, it can be quickly explained away as lurking depression or rejected as misplaced emotion. Sadness, however,...
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Faith & Politics
Churches everywhere need help with faith and politics these days. On the one hand, partisan perspectives seep into our faith communities without us looking. There’s really nothing we can do about it....
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