Feeding the hungry and clothing the naked are not optional forms of discipleship — they're central to it. But Scripture doesn't stop there, and neither should we. This piece traces four related questions — how love is embodied, why charity alone isn't enough, what the Matthew 25 movement actually asks of a congregation, and what the prophet Micah says God requires — toward one idea: real love works downstream, at the point of need, and upstream, at the root cause, at the very same time.

The Book of Revelation gets read as a countdown clock more often than it gets read as what it actually is: an unveiling. This time, four questions push on that idea from different angles — what the second coming actually means, why some of Paul's letters probably weren't written by Paul, and what in the world was going on with a talking donkey. None of it should scare us off. Mystery, disagreement, and a little bit of humor turn out to be exactly what faithful reading looks like.

Nobody sat down and wrote the Bible in an afternoon. It was spoken before it was written, argued over before it was settled, and translated and retranslated long before it reached your nightstand. Even the books themselves differ slightly depending on which branch of the Christian family handed you your Bible. None of that is a scandal — it's what a genuinely human, centuries-long process of carrying God's story actually looks like. Here's how we got the book you're holding.

The question arrived on our board: how do I follow God's plan instead of straying off on my own? There's a lot of anxiety buried in that versus — as if what God wants and what you want are always pulling in opposite directions. I don't think that's the right frame. Frederick Buechner described calling as the place where your deep gladness meets the world's deep hunger. I'd add one more circle to that Venn diagram — and it changes everything.

Nobody fully understands the Trinity. And we all reach for crosses, paintings, and works of beauty — not because we're idolaters, but because mystery doesn't fit in your hand. This summer, the board outside our church office is collecting questions about God, faith, and everything in between. These are the first two. They turned out to have a lot more in common than I first thought.

June is Pride Month. I celebrate it — openly, joyfully, and without apology. Here's why I believe the gospel demands nothing less than love without the fine print.