Let People Be Complicated
A few years ago, my wife and I attended a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute concert. It was pure fun. The band was good. The crowd was lively. And when the opening chords of Sweet Home Alabama…
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Don’t Be Boring
Are you spiritually boring? Am I? The older I get, the easier it is to become boring. One year I’m bushwhacking my way through the rainforest with a machete, but in the blink of an…
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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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The Sanitization of Doubt
The ironic thing about confidence is its comfort with doubt. This struck me over 30-years ago when I was leading a bible study at my church. As an elder, with a mandate to model faith,…
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Books That Should Bother Us
What happens when God refuses to behave the way we were taught? It’s a question that’s been running through several of my recent posts. Some of those posts were rants—good therapy for me, maybe, but…
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Theological Cocoon
I trust mechanics more than I trust theology. Now, I don’t have a degree or certificate in either field. But I do have credibility with both. If you need proof, just read my books, blogs,…
