I remember the first time I took a personality test. I was in junior high and was shocked to be labeled an "introvert."  Especiall...

What is forgiveness? What does it look like? Why is it easy to talk about, but so hard to put into practice? I am forgiven. I know. I have...

"Today is a difficult day." That's what my friend Jamin said today when he opened the memorial service.  My friends Pete and...

This summer is a flashback. The last time I worked outside at a camp with kids in Arkansas’ unforgiving sun and humidity I had just graduat...

I've been listening to Mumford & Sons again. I'm beginning to use the phrase "my favorite band of all time," but fe...

I have this single friend, Grace.   You probably know someone like her.   She’s intelligent, hilarious, and a passionate lover of Christ. ...

My grandmother has cancer. I keep saying it over and over again to myself. I'm not shocked; I know this happens. It just feels strang...

“I ain’t what I ought to be, and I ain’t what I’m going to be. But I ain’t what I was!” --- I’ve been thinking a lot about dealin...

I've been crossing the Red Sea for a couple of days now and I keep getting stuck at one particular point in the journey. Here's a br...

Sometimes I'm slow to catch on to important things. For example, two weeks ago I decided that I would watch my first episode of 30Rock....