Have you ever taken a spiritual gift inventory? Some churches or ministry events offer these to help people determine the ways God has gifted them.
In Pursuit of the Spirit: Remembering the Saints
October 28, 2020 by
October has never been my favorite month. It always opens with such promise and warmth, and then ends with a blustery quickness that is downright abrasive.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Connection
August 21, 2019 by
I have vivid memories of October 31, 2013. I woke up with excitement because that afternoon we were debuting Tabernacle Baptist Church’s first Hallelujah HYPE Night.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Grace
July 10, 2019 by
A few years ago, my wife and I became the happy parents of two girls. Then a funny thing happened when we announced there was a third baby coming.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Prayer
July 3, 2019 by
When I enter the hospital one cold January morning after a frantic drive up a North Dallas freeway, I found my dad unresponsive due to complications from surgery.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Forgiveness
June 26, 2019 by
I have two children. My son is 14 and my daughter is 9. As much as I want to, I cannot recall all of details of the day I first became a father.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Gentleness
June 19, 2019 by
I picked up my three-day-old daughter from her bassinet, but I couldn’t make her stop screeching. I bounced, rocked, and swayed. Twenty squats later, I began to question my competency as a parent.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Jump
June 12, 2019 by
“What a little jerk!” is a publishable paraphrase of what I thought as I reread the story of young Jesus missing for three days in the temple while his parents frantically searched.
In Pursuit of the Spirit: God in the Midst
February 10, 2016 by
We hear about or meet people who meditate for forty-five minutes each morning in total silence, people who spend half an hour in prayer every day, or read their Bible regularly, and those of us with busy lives, and busy minds, think wouldn’t that be nice?
In Pursuit of the Spirit: A New Year’s Practice
January 13, 2015 by
I don’t like New Year’s resolutions. Nope, never mind, that’s a lie. I love New Year’s resolutions. I relish the opportunity to dream about beginning new habits that will eventually shape me into a new, improved version of myself.
In Pursuit of the Spirit: The Search for Sabbath in a Busy Life
September 9, 2014 by
I recently started working at a local church as their Church School Coordinator, and while the job will soon be just ten hours a week, for the past three weeks it has been closer to forty hours a week.
In Pursuit of the Spirit: Spirituality and Politics
August 6, 2014 by
Our church community has been struggling with questions of spirituality and politics over the past few months. At our most recent General Assembly, the Presbyterian Church (USA) made some controversial decisions.
In Pursuit of the Spirit
July 8, 2014 by
For a period of time, I owned the domain www.holygoosepoop.com. Although I never did anything with it, and I eventually let it lapse, I thought it would make a good site for a spirituality blog.