Essays

Memory Making in Uganda

Memory making in Uganda. Love is amazing. It is a profound quality that increases when we give it away. When Jessica and I had children,…

From Inertia to Momentum

Way back in junior high school science classes I learned about the principle of inertia—a property of matter by which it continues in its existing…

Your Heart’s Historian

You and I are the historians of our story, constantly telling and re-telling our story to our own heart. What story are you telling? Who…

Amanda’s Pastoral Vows

In a beautiful, sacred worship service last month, Amanda Howard was licensed as our church’s worship pastor, and afterwards, people asked me to share the…

Deconstruction-Reconstruction

In a few weeks at Hope City Church, I am going to address the theme of deconstructing and reconstructing our faith. If you have spent much…

A String of Ungrieved Losses

Throughout our lives, you and I will accumulate a string of disappointing losses, and quite often those losses will go ungrieved. Like ships collecting barnacles…

I Spy a Triceratops

On a recent walk along the Thompson Creek Trail, while praying for our church, I overheard a mom and her son playing the “I spy”…

Keep the Sauna Door Closed

One of the biggest pet peeves of sauna lovers is when a casual sauna visitor wanders in, leaving the door wide open, allowing the precious…