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My life is a series of disappointing people and supporting others. I can't make everyone happy, but I do my best to love God and love others. So occasionally I…

I've lived on three continents at this point, but there is nothing as great as coming in to service at the Embassy and seeing Pastor Brandon and Pastor Derrick and…

It's been too long since I've made a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference, so I will happily reflect on the past week's events with the nod to how my students…

Today is the feast of Pentecost in western churches. I'm a huge fan of Pentecost - mostly because I'm a huge fan of the Holy Spirit. I shared last week…

I show my students the Bible Project video on the Holy Spirit, and we did a review activity last week where they had to come up with the two most…

May is a crazy time. Maybe not for everyone, but especially for teachers. It's alumni season, so my previous students are stopping in - and some even come join class…

I grew up in a closed table sacramental tradition - that means when they passed the plate with the bread and juice only people who had asked Jesus to be…

I'm writing this with five tabs open on my browser and a couple other programs running in my brain. The other week I had a conversation with a student that…

So I've had a lot of comments and questions about how does one "accidentally" start a doctoral program. Listen up... I had been looking into starting a doctoral program for…

When I was in grad school, the "cultural integration" portion of my lesson plans often seemed ambiguous and difficult to write in a meaningful way. By the grace of God,…

I really didn't want to write a post this week. Today is Easter, and I love this celebration of my risen saviour, but I don't want to write a sermon…

I'll never forget Mike pushing me to workout on the stair master one of my last weeks in New Zealand. I was huffing and puffing and begged him to stop.…

I still miss Bryce. [Today's post is going to heavily reference context presented by this post from one year ago.] The other day one of my students sat outside my…

I really like going to church. I'm actually grateful for the opportunity to gather with other people and follow a liturgy that takes my attention of myself and lets me…

The past two weeks, I was really limping along to spring break, and I had a last minute conversation with a friend that led to a spontaneous (for me -…

This morning Graham started his sermon saying we were going on a "romp through Psalm 27," and I love the sentiment. He gave a beautiful reflection phrase by phrase through…

This morning's readings were about profound encounters with God, and Graham shared a beautiful message about how we need to hold on to those experiences for other moments in our…

I have been incredibly blessed to not only take two classes from Dr. Ray Lubeck on Bible study methods, but I've been given his permission to adapt his materials to…