My partner and I celebrated the departure of 2020 by tearing up 2020 calendars, imbibing in white wine and party mix, and watching an Egyptian action video on Netflix. It was less of a welcome to 2021 and more of a send off for 2020. I thought I was done…

Sometimes Jesus pisses me off. I’m not really angry at him, but mainly at myself because I’m not experiencing the life he talked about. He said “My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life” John 10:10 NLT I mean, what is this “rich and satisfying life”? Before…

So many of our conversations today have one goal: to win, to be right, and prove the other person wrong. My data is more accurate, my reasoning is more solid and logical, I’m right, and you’re so f*d up. I’m right, I know it! I’d be good with that except…

I’m in a group with Christian men who are on the road to recovery from sexual sins: porn addiction, sex — love addictions, affairs, etc. I’m not going to tell the salacious story of my own crash and burn (at least not in this post), but crash and burn I…

​The world is tilted in favor of the rich and famous, always has been and always will be. No matter where you look in the world, in almost every culture the rich are esteemed to be better than the rest of us. There is a natural tendency to believe that…

I know the plans I have for you - we always rip it out of context and apply it personally. In the previous verse GOD tells them "I'm sending you into exile in Babylon and you won't see this place for 70 years, but I know the plans I have for you all" 70 years! Most of them will be dead before then. God's plan are long, multigenerational. I know the plans - these plans might be for my grandson's Grand children, but I still have a role to play and trust in God's goodness and ability to fulfill his promises is required. My personal future might not be so great but maybe what I do now will make a difference 70 years from now. I believe this. I trust you God.

I’ve had a hard year. Divorced, angry and hurt adult children, moved house, my cat died, sleepless nights, so many sleepless nights. Did I mention my cat died? I was laying here trying to go back to sleep, my mind bombarded by random thoughts. I usually try to fight them…

My office door opened to the all too familiar sound of a rolling suitcase, the faces of a couple framed in the door window, the smaller form of their domestic helper following behind with most of her earthly belongings. “You’re here to terminate a contract?” I ask, already knowing the…

When I cheated on my wife I also cheated her out of so many things. When you cheat you convince yourself that it is “not that bad” — you’re just getting your needs met somewhere else, with someone else. You minimize the damage caused by the constant lies by telling…