Spiritual Growth
What Does Your Prayer Life Say About You?
Have you ever noticed that our prayer lives say a lot about what we really believe? I think we would all say God exists and is good and all powerful and that He works in the tiniest details of our lives. But is it possible that our prayer life may actually evidence our unbelief? If…
Read MoreFrom An Anonymous EDA Pastor
For a brief moment I considered finding one of my most popular blog posts from the past few years, dusting it off, and sending it in for re-posting. Then I realized that would be lying. The truth is, I find myself like the little boy in John 6 – I don’t have enough. I don’t…
Read MoreShould We Ask Forgiveness?
As a child, I remember having literal fist-fights with my older brother. When I reached the age and strength in which I could finally defend myself, I was fully engaged in sibling warfare. Yet, no matter how emotional or physical it got, we were forced by our parents to do the most dreaded and inevitable…
Read MoreConfessions From A White Pastor In Suburbia
To My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I pray this finds you well and trusting in our God more so than ever before. The events of this past week have left many of us speechless, in tears and horrified that there could be such hatred and violence directed towards one another. Many have asked…
Read MoreCrossing The Finish Line
In the fall of 2019, our son texted me this picture indicating he had just completed a marathon in Leadville, CO. A few minutes after sending the text he called and breathlessly told me that he had run the race with a time that qualified him to compete in a 100 mile ultra-race at…
Read MoreWhat Is Shaped In Solitude and Stillness?
Stillness. Quiet. Solitude. Sometimes when I invite solitude into my day, or it forces itself on me, I think about my grandmothers, Lucy Jones and Emma Martin. Both were mothers to 13 children. Believe it or not, I remember a quietness and a sense of stillness about both of them. I was raised in Flint,…
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