Category: Formation

  • Get Used to Different

    Get Used to Different

    Different. It means totally unlike in nature, form, or quality. I’m not sure how you get used to the things totally unlike what you’ve experienced or known. How does one get comfortable with that?

  • Choosing Unexpected Faith

    Choosing Unexpected Faith

    Funny how we practiced fire drills when our kids were little never expecting to have to actually escape a burning home for real. In a flash we found ourselves living in a loved one’s home and attempting to process the loss. The daunting question constantly circling around, “What do we do now?”

  • Learning Discomfort is Okay

    Learning Discomfort is Okay

    Just yesterday our pastor asked, “Do you find it ironic Adam and Eve attempted to hide the discomfort of their nakedness with itchy, uncomfortable fig leaves?” It’s more than ironic, it’s a picture of our broken condition. Attempting to run or hide from the uncomfortable in things that only bring more discomfort.

  • I think I’m lost.

    I think I’m lost.

    I’ve been wondering lately. Challenging the thought that somewhere along the way of my faith journey I found God. As if God can somehow get lost.

  • What’s In a Name

    What’s In a Name

    How did I get here? A soft, quiet answer comes. It’s a stacking of moment on moment that builds into hours and days and years.