Podcast Episodes

A Gospel of Sin Management

You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

God, I Love You

This isn’t complicated. We simply start saying, “I love you” as we turn our attention towards him for a moment or two. As I do so I find it helpful to recall some reason I love God: his goodness, the…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Misinterpreting Life

Most of us have been misinterpreting life and what God is doing for a long time. "I think I'm just trying to get God to make my life work easier," a client of mine confessed, but he could have been s…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

All That Effort for One

There is the story of subduing the storm and immediately after, the encounter with Legion. In all three synoptic Gospels, these two stories are linked—a frightening storm, and then a frightening demo…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Two Ecosystems

Christians are designed to live in and enjoy the benefits of two ecosystems, two realities — the physical and the spiritual, the earth and the heavens. 

Each world offers graces for human flourishing.…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Relating to Others

One of the most profound surprises that has come about through walking with God has been with regard to people.

People make up a very large part of our lives. We’re surrounded by people. We deal with…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Beautiful Beyond Description

Is there any doubt that the God John beheld (Rev. 4:3, 6) was beautiful beyond description? But of course. God must be even more glorious than this glorious creation, for it "foretells" or "displays"…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Cultivate a Heart of Joy

Because of Jesus, we have every reason to be known as people of deep hope and joy. But does that mean we are going to be running around singing and dancing and smiling every moment of our lives? Are …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Vindication

But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, w…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Meadowlark

The meadowlark has long been my favorite songbird. I love its song because it evokes so many summer days out in the fields and streams of the West. Its song means summer, hay meadows, long lazy days,…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago