Relationships
The Gift of Growing Up (and Pixar’s Luca)
“I Never Had any Friends Later on Like the Ones I Had When I Was Twelve”
Unforced Love
The Harder We Try, the Less it Happens
More Than Niceness
A Roundabout Appreciation for WWJD Bracelets
Real Men Drop L-Bombs
Saying “I Love You” and Other Emotional Blessings of Christianity
The Voice of the Law in the Beep of an iPhone
Luther and Gerhard Forde on our Daily Anxiety
Love Lingers at a Locked Door
A Valentine’s Day Themed Reflection for Those Who Don’t Live in a Fairy Tale.
What Do You Live For?
The Search for Fulfillment in the Limitless Possibilities of Young Adulthood, as Told by Search Party
Thou Shalt Be Needed but Never Needy: Sad Clowns, Lonely Husbands, …
Middle Age is Not the Time of Maximum Mastery. It is the Time of Maximum Need.
Introducing “Dear Gracie”: The Mockingbird̵ …
Where in your life do you need help giving, receiving, or understanding grace? In plain […]
Mixed Drinks and God’s Word: The Ordering of Law and Gospel
“The Gospel is 100% ‘Yes,’ and if There’s a Hint of ‘No,’ then It’s all ‘No.'”
“Remembered by Love”: On Isolation and Christian Commu …
“Loneliness — Not Obesity, Cancer, or Heart Disease — is the Nation’s ‘Number One Health Crisis'”
We Are All Sociopaths (for Love)
On the Writhing Orgy of Need and the Secret History of the World