Help My Unbelief
If you asked me to choose one passage that best captures the strange relationship between faith and doubt, I’d probably land on Mark 9:24: “I believe; help my unbelief.” That may be the most honest…
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The Centurion
My recent posts have focused on doubt. Not because I’m pro-doubt, but because I think we have become uncomfortable with honest questions. We’ve created cultures where uncertainty feels dangerous, so people hide it. That’s unhealthy….
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Doubting Saints
Last week I wrote about doubt. It’s worth looking at a few biblical examples because, frankly, a lot of bible characters were not exactly poster children for emotional consistency. And maybe that’s good news. The…
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Tear It Down. Build It Back.
You might have heard the term “deconstructionists” used to describe people wrestling with their Christian faith. I don’t know about you, but I’m surrounded by them. And I love the hard questions they’re asking. At…
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Leave. Now.
We like our Jesus stories tidy. Especially the Christmas stories. You know the routine: angel, stable, manger, wise men, then fade to Silent Night by candlelight. But after Christmas, the story swerves. There’s a dream. A warning….
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St. Brendan
While searching for new spiritual disciplines, I came across this prayer in Celtic Daily Prayer by the Northumbria Community. It’s a modernized version of the prayer attributed to St. Brendan. Brendan would’ve been a crazy…
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Junkyard Monk
An earlier post mentioned that my tools for spiritual growth had stopped working. Don’t freak out. My faith isn’t broken. But the disciplines need a rebuild. I’ve tinkered with just about every brand of Christian…
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Walt’s Wood Shop
The tools we need for our spiritual journey can sometimes stop working. I was reminded of this in a recent conversation with one of my closest spiritual companions. We’re about the same age, and we…
