Theology

Idols & Circumstances: A Devotional through Habakkuk

Idols & Circumstances: A Devotional through Habakkuk

“What’s going on God?” is what I wish I would ask when life stops making sense to me. To my discredit, more often than not, I get angry and depressed. As we follow Jesus through every valley and sinkhole of life, we have to hold onto the truth that these ugly circumstances have a purpose,…

Rediscovering Confessions

Rediscovering Confessions

One Sunday, after our church worship service a visitor came up to me to enquire about our church. One of his first questions was whether we were “confessional.” I put that around quotation marks because as I stared back at his eager face I was scouring my brain trying to figure out what that meant….

Divine Suffering

Divine Suffering

This past year, I’ve been trying to get more into cooking. You know, the more stereotypically “manly” kind of cooking; steaks, ribs, grill-master stuff. As part of this journey to be the Simpson family master of all things grilled and fried, I sought to learn the art of cast-iron cooking. Everything at least looks cooler…