• What Makes Someone a Real-Life Villain?
    What Makes Someone a Real-Life Villain?

    (A Troubled Pastor’s Haunted Meditation) I want to be liked. Don’t you? I think everyone does, it is how God hardwired us. There are very few people in this world that don’t care about how they are perceived or are…

  • Sentimentalism, the Silent Soul Killer (Why People Hate)
    Sentimentalism, the Silent Soul Killer (Why People Hate)

    Life has been frustrating of late. I find myself hot and bothered. I need some clarity. So I decided to do what every pastor does during trying times: I grabbed my bible, shut my eyes, licked my  index finger, raised…

  • Mansplaining Men
    Mansplaining Men

    It’s crazy season! We have entered into the later days of October a few weeks before a national election. Everyone is a bit on edge and unhinged in their personal opinions. People seem to be both terrified of the Halloween…

  • “Doom Marches On”: Peace Can’t Be Won if Evil is Ignored
    “Doom Marches On”: Peace Can’t Be Won if Evil is Ignored

    You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. – (Winston Churchill) Last night was a warm October night in Grand Rapids, it was an indian…

  • Reaching Adulthood: The One Sure Sign I Have Arrived
    Reaching Adulthood: The One Sure Sign I Have Arrived

    “If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell.” Frederick Bueckner How can a person know if they have grown up? Is it because a person’s shoe size has quadrupled in the last…

  • The Rise of the Collective Temper Tantrum
    The Rise of the Collective Temper Tantrum

    Ideas in a society flow downstream. Like raindrops, cultural beliefs and attitudes begin falling from the collective sky, and like raindrops they always start small; a droplet here and brief shower there. But overtime, small droplets form larger streams of…

  • What Makes Someone a Real-Life Villain?
    What Makes Someone a Real-Life Villain?

    (A Troubled Pastor’s Haunted Meditation) I want to be liked. Don’t you? I think everyone does, it is how God hardwired us. There are very few people in this world that don’t care about how they are perceived or are…

  • Sentimentalism, the Silent Soul Killer (Why People Hate)
    Sentimentalism, the Silent Soul Killer (Why People Hate)

    Life has been frustrating of late. I find myself hot and bothered. I need some clarity. So I decided to do what every pastor does during trying times: I grabbed my bible, shut my eyes, licked my  index finger, raised…

  • Mansplaining Men
    Mansplaining Men

    It’s crazy season! We have entered into the later days of October a few weeks before a national election. Everyone is a bit on edge and unhinged in their personal opinions. People seem to be both terrified of the Halloween…

  • “Doom Marches On”: Peace Can’t Be Won if Evil is Ignored
    “Doom Marches On”: Peace Can’t Be Won if Evil is Ignored

    You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. – (Winston Churchill) Last night was a warm October night in Grand Rapids, it was an indian…

  • Reaching Adulthood: The One Sure Sign I Have Arrived
    Reaching Adulthood: The One Sure Sign I Have Arrived

    “If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell.” Frederick Bueckner How can a person know if they have grown up? Is it because a person’s shoe size has quadrupled in the last…

  • The Rise of the Collective Temper Tantrum
    The Rise of the Collective Temper Tantrum

    Ideas in a society flow downstream. Like raindrops, cultural beliefs and attitudes begin falling from the collective sky, and like raindrops they always start small; a droplet here and brief shower there. But overtime, small droplets form larger streams of…