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.

Recently The Christian Century asked dozen of writers to respond to the question "What is the Bible for?" in seven words or less, and then expand on their answer with a few additional sentences.

This Good Friday, Pine Ridge is embarking on a Good Friday Journey. Learn more about the experience, find the video version, and listen along to our curated playlist of music for the journey.

As part of my refresh of my website and social media outreach, I’m going back and revisiting some reflections I’ve written during my ministry and sharing them here. I wrote this piece about following the way of Christ in preparation for Lent 2016 for the Eagle Wing, a quarterly publication of Groomsport Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland.

As part of my refresh of my website and social media outreach, I’m going back and revisiting some reflections I’ve written during my ministry and sharing them here. I wrote the following article for my congregation at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Springfield, MO in October 2023 following a sermon on the Ten Commandments.

Over the past few months I’ve been doing a top-to-bottom refresh of my web and social presence. I’ve moved my longstanding personal social media pages more private and created new, more public-facing pages and profiles to share my ministry work and reflections more broadly.