“The community does NOT need another younger or elder son, but a father…” Henri Nouwen, Return of the Prodigal Our church has seasons of bumps. Members storm off — in search of a place to wash off “heresy”. Generally with me still babbling about unity and family… it is laughable to watch me from the […]
Read more "Church of the Elder Son"In my summer sabbatical’s search for joy, I decided to get personalized license plates. It was part of reaffirming my calling and vision in Ezekiel 47. The river burst beyond the walls has been a favorite and core passage since I started in ministry. Of course the worst drivers always seem to have a Jesus […]
Read more "Favorite"We spent the weekend at the lake. At one point the other kids were kayaking and Darcy was all alone with me and Meg. Plus, we were in the middle of cleaning, loading the back of the van for a trip to the dumpster. Teenage depression! “Hey Darcy, want to drive the van to the […]
Read more "Delight"“I don’t think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is. It is a hypaethral book, such as Thoreau talked about — a book open to the sky. It is best read and understood outdoors, and the farther outdoors the better.” ~ Wendell Berry The past week has brought sad news […]
Read more "Clue"For Sabbatical the Everly’s bought me a burner phone. A kindness as they tried to protect our time away. When I told the family, Ezekiel got really excited, “you mean, like a spy?” We ran with this idea. My AppleID was “Secret Sean”. And our family group chat became “Awesome Spy Family”. But Ezekiel took […]
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