• God Is Not a Micromanager

    God gives people a mission without always giving them a script. Pastors should lead in the same way—equipping others for ministry, giving them room to act, and helping them grow through both success and failure. God calls us to co-labor with him, not live as micromanaged robots.

  • Porn Sells Intimacy Without Ever Giving It

    Porn is rarely just about lust. Sometimes it’s driven by passion, sometimes by pain—but beneath both is often the same longing: intimacy.

  • How Pastors Can Discuss Controversial Issues Online

    Pastors shouldn’t avoid every controversial subject online—but how we engage matters. Here’s how to disagree with love, reject rage bait, honor opponents, and make social media conversations healing rather than harmful.

  • Calling Out the Church Is an Act of Witness

    When Christians misrepresent Jesus through injustice, silence is not neutral. Someone must bear witness to the character of God and stand in the breach.

  • Jesus Embodied the Marginalized

    Jesus didn’t merely reach the marginalized—his life embodied their rejection, suffering, and vulnerability.

  • Pastors, We Have to Preach

    When pastors let fear of backlash silence the pulpit, churches become echo chambers. Faithfulness to Jesus must come before keeping everyone comfortable.

  • While Jesus…

    Political views draw lines, name enemies, and protect power. Jesus erases lines, names neighbors, and gives himself away. A series of contrasts about what happens when political certainty meets the unsettling way of Christ.

  • The Church’s Political Captivity

    The pandemic placed pastors in impossible situations, but the deepest challenge wasn’t masks, closures, or online services. It was confronting the political idols shaping the American church. Too many pastors learned to remain silent while partisan loyalties became entangled with Christian faith. The church will not find freedom until it addresses the golden calf in…

  • Gods in Disguise: Gospel Echoes in The Odyssey

    Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey explores hospitality, violence, guilt, and responsibility in ways that unexpectedly echo the gospel.

  • God of the Recalculation

    When opposition, free will, or our own choices obstruct God’s plans, he remains faithful to recalculate the path toward his desires. Our calling is to keep our eyes on him and remain faithful—even through long suffering.