i write about living life well… a legacy is something we live, not leave.
The Jesus We Peddle Cannot Give Peace They say, “You just need Jesus, he will give you peace.”But the Jesus we have built in America cannot give peace, because he was made to protect the very unrest that crucified him. This Jesus is patriotic, partisan, polished. He blesses nations and brands. He waves flags, fills…
seeing through the lens You do not see life as it is. You see it as you are. Every glance, every silence, every word from another person passes through a lens before it touches you. That lens is not neutral. It has been ground down by years of memory, fear, longing, disappointment, and desire. The…
Everyone is on the path of growth toward autonomy. Saying this is not to romanticize human existence or to suggest that every life is noble in its unfolding. It names the hidden law beneath the surface of experience: human life bends toward wholeness, whether we want it to or not. The child begins dependent, utterly…
Eve as Prelude: Recovering a Theology of Origin and Union The story of Eve is too often reduced to sentiment or scandal. She is either idolized as the first woman or blamed as the first to fall. But what if Eve’s true meaning was never primarily about her personhood at all—but about what her origin…
If I have to be an atheist in order to be a Christian in our culture, so be it. I will not bow to the counterfeit gods dressed in vestments and slogans, to the idols cloaked in the language of faith yet hollowed of Christ. I will not sell my allegiance to a religion that…
true kindness and love True kindness and love are not rooted in convenience, performance, or appearances. They are not quick gestures or rehearsed politeness; they are acts of presence. To seek to understand is to lean in, not to pull back. It is to quiet the reflex to assume, to resist the temptation to interpret…
Introduction: Eve as a Christological figure Eve’s name is rarely spoken without some trace of indictment. She is remembered as the one who was deceived, the one who offered the fruit, the one whose name sits beside Adam’s in the annals of the fall. Yet this reduction does violence to the fullness of her presence…
Eve, Sexuality, and the Church: Reclaiming a Theological Vision for Human Sexuality Unlearning the lie of shame Sexuality has never been simple, but the church made it a battlefield long before it became a controversy. It wasn’t the body that brought the war; it was the story we told about it. And for centuries, Eve’s…
Patience is not a pause.It is not the limp waiting of someone stranded at a bus stop, glancing at a clock they didn’t set. It is not the holding of breath in the hope that something will finally break your way. Patience, when it is alive, is an act of architecture. It is the deliberate…
There’s a version of the church that speaks the name of Jesus while resisting His way. I’ve been in its pulpits. I’ve taught under its systems. I’ve wept over its drift. What we call “evangelicalism” in America today is not merely a denomination or voting bloc. It has become a cultural religion—and for many, the…