Essays

August 2026 · Gospel · Grace

What It Means to Be a Citizen of the Kingdom Who Happens to Live in America

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July 2026 · Culture

How to Love a Country After Innocence

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June 2026 · Grief

How Your Personality Handles Grief

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June 2026 · Gospel · Growth · Technology

AI is not the Holy Spirit

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May 2026 · Gospel · Growth

10 Unconscious Signs of Pride

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May 2026 · Gospel · Growth · True Identity

Why the Places We Look for Life Wear Us Out

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April 2026 · Grief

Hank - Lamenting Hot Dog

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April 2026 · Theology & Therapy

The Centipede Effect

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March 2026 · Gospel · Growth · True Identity

Why Do I Keep Doing the Thing I Hate?

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February 2026 · Growth · A Jealous God

Rivalry, Resentment, and the Grace of Covenant

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February 2026 · Growth · A Jealous God

Possession, Stewardship, and the Lie of Entitlement

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February 2026 · Growth · A Jealous God

Hopelessly Devoted

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January 2026 · Gospel

The Gospel Is Bigger Than the Cross

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January 2026 · Growth · Well Being · Theology & Therapy

Therapy vs. Theology on Suffering

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January 2026 · Growth

Grace Is Amazing. (And Also Scandalous.)

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January 2026 · Culture · Gospel · Biblical Masculinity

The Strength to Name Longing

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December 2025 · Growth

The Gospel According to Worms

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December 2025 · Imago Dei · Gospel · Culture

Esther and the Imago Dei

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December 2025 · Theology · Relationships · Theology & Therapy

Regulation vs. Resurrection

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December 2025 · Theology · Relationships · Theology & Therapy

The Ache For Communion

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November 2025 · Family · Relationships · Reconciliation · Gospel · Wisdom

Thanksgiving in the Age of Estrangement

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November 2025 · Relationships · Gospel · Wisdom

We Should All Die in Debt: The Currency of Love

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November 2025 · Ministry · Growth · Wisdom

The Top Ten Things I’ve Learned Since Seminary

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November 2025 · Relationships · Growth · Reconciliation

No Pain, No Gain: The Cost of Growth

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November 2025 · Culture · Ministry

Immigration and Incarnation: the Blind Spots of Our Compassion

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October 2025 · Culture · Gospel · Biblical Masculinity

Biblical Masculinity - Part 1

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October 2025 · Growth · Grief · Relationships

The Hidden Grief of Growth

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October 2025 · Gospel · Growth · Wisdom

Living The Way: What Following Jesus Really Looks Like

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September 2025 · Growth · Reconciliation · Spiritual Practices

Sticks And Stones: The Art of Encouragement

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September 2025 · Ministry · Culture · Gospel

Pastoring Through Confusion: A Gospel Response to the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

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September 2025 · Ministry · Gospel · Growth · Wisdom

At The Crossroads with Jesus: Wise Ministry

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September 2025 · Reconciliation · Growth · Gospel · Relationships

Never Underestimate the Mercy of God

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September 2025 · Ministry · Well Being · Gospel

Bloodied but Still in the Ring: CPTSD in the Pastoral Vocation

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November 2023 · Grief · Well Being

The Amputation of Grief: When Your Arm Doesn’t Grow Back

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November 2023 · Gospel · Well Being

Gobbled Up: When Worth Feels Like Performance

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October 2023 · Grief · Well Being

The Drawers We Keep, The Tears We Need

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October 2023 · Growth · Wisdom · Gospel

Hot Wheels: The Mid-Life Gospel

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October 2023 · Ministry · Wisdom · Gospel

When Quitting isn’t Losing

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October 2023 · Well Being · Theology

Reclaiming Emotion

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September 2023 · Well Being · Gospel

On Addiction: Big Macs and the Battle Within

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